糖
sugar
Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
糖 centers on sugar as a sweet substance, typically derived from grains or plants.
Most common words using 糖
20 of 188- 砂糖さとうN5
sugar
- 糖とう
sugar
- 糖尿とうにょう
glycosuria; glucosuria; urine sugar
- 血糖けっとう
blood sugar
- 糖分とうぶん
amount of sugar; sugar content
- 黒糖こくとう
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
- ブドウ糖ぶどうとう
dextrose; glucose (usu. D-glucose); grape sugar
- 糖類とうるい
saccharide
- 糖度とうど
sugar content (e.g. in degrees Brix)
- 果糖かとう
fructose; fruit sugar
- 乳糖にゅうとう
lactose; milk sugar
- 角砂糖かくざとう
cube sugar; sugar cube
- 糖蜜とうみつ
molasses; black treacle
- 糖化とうか
conversion to sugar; saccharification
- 黒砂糖くろざとう
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
- 金平糖コンペイトー
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
- 加糖かとう
sweetening; sweetened
- 氷砂糖こおりざとう
rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals
- 製糖せいとう
sugar manufacture
- 糖衣とうい
sugar coating
Study
Etymology
糖 combines 米 (rice/grain) with 唐, which likely contributes the sound トウ and may suggest a sweet substance derived from grains.
Meaning mnemonic
Rice 米 is processed with something that looks like a Tang-dynasty 唐 vessel to produce sweet sugar.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, imagine pouring sugar into a tall glass of iced tea: the tall glass cues トウ while the sugar sweetens the drink.