漿
a drink
Readings
On'yomi
- ショウ
Kun'yomi
- こんず
Meaning
漿 centers on a thick liquid or drink, often a starchy or sweet beverage.
Most common words using 漿
20 of 32- 酸漿ほおずき
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant
- 血漿けっしょう
plasma; blood plasma
- 脳漿のうしょう
spinal fluid; cerebrospinal fluid
- 乳漿にゅうしょう
whey; milk serum
- 乾燥血漿かんそうけっしょう
dried plasma
- 大葉溝酸漿おおばみぞほおずき
plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)
- 岩漿がんしょう
magma
- 泥漿でいしょう
slurry; slip
- 溝酸漿みぞほおずき
monkey flower (plant); mimulus (plant) (Mimulus nepalensis var. japonicus)
- 漿を乞いて酒を得るしょうをこいてさけをうる
to get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine
- 漿剤しょうざい
demulcent; mucilage
- 漿尿膜しょうにょうまく
chorioallantois
- 漿果しょうか
berry (e.g. grape, tomato, banana)
- 漿液しょうえき
serous fluid
- 漿液腺しょうえきせん
serous gland
- 漿膜しょうまく
serous membrane; serosa
- 濃漿こんず
rice water
- 犬酸漿いぬほおずき
black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
- 神漿しんしょう
ambrosia (drink conferring immortality)
- 箪食壺漿たんしこしょう
receiving with food and drink (e.g. troops); baskets of rice and vessels of congee
Study
Etymology
漿 combines 將 (general, leader) with 水 (water), suggesting a prepared or mixed liquid. The exact historical role of 將 is uncertain; it may have contributed sound or the idea of something being processed.
Meaning mnemonic
A general (將) pours water (水) into a cup to make a thick, starchy drink.
Reading mnemonic
For ショウ, imagine a general showing off his special drink: show -> ショウ, and the general proudly displays the thick liquid.