醬 - Dong Chinese dictionary

jiàng

any jam-like or paste-like food

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

將 Sound component

jiāng, jiàng, qiāng

take

酉 Meaning component

yǒu

wine

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jiàng

any jam-like or paste-like food; thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam

Most common words with 醬

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ts]aŋ-s	tsjangH	jiàng	sauce

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.0477% of movies

1661st most common character in movies

3100th most common character in books

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