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糖 is a phono-semantic compound that combines the semantic component 米 ('rice') on the left with the phonetic component 唐 on the right. The rice radical points to the early history of sweetening in China, where sweeteners were first produced by processing grains like rice and malt rather than from sugarcane. The character broadly means sugar, sweets, and confections. Even after commercial sugar production shifted to sugarcane and sugar beets, the graph kept its grain-based radical, preserving a record of ancient sweetener technology, while the right side 唐 indicates the pronunciation.
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我喜欢吃糖。
糖果很好吃。
妈妈买了糖果。
他在咖啡里放糖。
糖吃多了对牙齿不好。
这个蛋糕的糖分太高了。
糖尿病患者需要控制糖的摄入。
制作这道菜需要适量的糖来调味。
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