糖 — 16 strokes / Radical「米」
道5Elementary year 6 / 16 strokes / Radical「米」
- On
- トウとう · tō
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- sugar
Stroke order
Origin
米 "grain" plus 唐; the sweet stuff made from grain — hence "sugar."
Readings and examples
| Onトウとうtō | 糖分とうぶん砂糖さとう製糖せいとう |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 砂糖さとう
sugar
- 糖分とうぶん
sugar content
- 琥珀糖こはくとう
- 蔗糖しょとう
Example
糖分をとりすぎないようにする。
I try not to take in too much sugar.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)