醣

See also: 糖とう

醣	U+91A3, 醣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91A3

Translingual

醣 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉とり+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一いち田た戈ほこ中口なかぐち (MWILR), four-corner 1066₇, composition ⿰酉とり唐とう)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい) : semantic 酉とり (“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 唐とう. 酉とり is a common component in other organic compounds with oxygen, such as 醇あつし (chún, “alcohol”), 醛 (quán, “aldehyde”) and 酮 (tóng, “ketone”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 醣 – see 糖とう (“saccharide; carbohydrate”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 糖とう).