(jiāng) — thick liquid; starch paste

Definition

noun
thick liquidstarch paste

Examples

  • Zǎo shàng hē yì bēi rè dòu jiāng duì shēn tǐ hǎo.
    Drinking a cup of hot soybean milk in the morning is good for your health.
  • Zhè xiē zhǐ shì yòng mù jiāng zuò de.
    This paper is made from wood pulp.
  • Ní jiāng nòng zāng le wǒ de yī fu.
    The mud slurry got my clothes dirty.

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漿; 浆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
jiāng漿jiāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 漿 uses 水 to show a liquid and 將 for the sound. The simplified 浆 is a later shorthand, so its shape is not the historical one.

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