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醣

táng

Character

What 醣 means

1. carbohydrate
2. old variant of {糖|táng}

Words starting with 醣

• 醣苷táng gān(Taiwan) glycoside
• 醣类táng lèicarbohydrate

Words containing 醣

• 多醣duō tángpolysaccharide
• 肝醣gān táng(Taiwan) glycogen

Characters built on 唐

These share the phonetic component 唐 (táng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 搪tángto keep out; to hold off; to ward off
• 溏tánghalf congealed; pond
• 瑭táng(jade)

Characters that look like 醣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 醛quánaldehyde
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 蟆mátoad
• 螈yuánsalamander; newt
• 橛juéa peg; low post

Sounds the same

Read táng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糖sugar; sweets; candy
• 塘dyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 堂(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 唐to exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 膛(bound form) hollow space
• 棠cherry-apple
• 瑭(jade)
• 搪to keep out; to hold off; to ward off
• 螳praying mantis
• 溏half congealed; pond
• 踼to fall flat; to fall on the face
• 煻to warm; to toast