Translingual

Han character

醣 (radical 164 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田戈中口 (MWILR), four-corner 1066₇, composition ⿰酉唐)

1. carbohydrates

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1286, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39987
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3594, character 2
• Unihan data for U+91A3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 酉 ‎(“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 唐 ‎(OC *ɡl'aːŋ). 酉 is a common component in other organic compounds with oxygen, such as 醇 (chún, “alcohol”), 醛 (quán, “aldehyde”) and 酮 (tóng, “ketone”).

Etymology

From 糖 (táng, “sugar”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

醣

1. carbohydrate; saccharide

   醣類 / 糖类  ―  tánglèi  ―  carbohydrates

   單醣 / 单糖  ―  dāntáng  ―  monosaccharide