TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
糖
ㄊㄤˊ · táng
noun — sugar; sweets, candy
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Sweetness boiled out of grain (米) — first 飴, the malt sugar drawn from cooked rice. 唐 táng gives the sound, exactly. From grain-malt the sense widens to sugar of any kind, then to sweets (糖果、蔗糖). 唐 heads a sound family: 塘、搪、溏.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一鍋米（米）熬得稠了，唐（唐）的甜香飄出來——成了糖。
A pot of rice (米) boiled down thick, the sweet smell rising — and it sets into sugar.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)飴、麥芽糖— malt sugar drawn from grain
→糖、蔗糖— sugar常用
⇒糖果— sweets, candy
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
唐tángthe phonetic, standing alone — the Tang; 糖 adds rice for the grain-sweet塘tángthe same series — earth 土 instead, a pond's bank