Word and Radical Components of 酱

The Chinese word 酱 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
酱		1. Simplified form of 醬

酱 ⇨ 丬 + 夕 + 酉

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
爿	pán, bàn	1. half tree trunk
		2. (dialectal) piece of wood or bamboo (made by chopping)
		3. (Hokkien) thin piece; slice
		4. (Min Nan, Min Dong) side
		東爿pêng - east; east side, MN
		這chit爿pêng - here; this side, MN
		後爿 - tr=ao6 boin5, rear; back, MN-T
		5. (Hokkien, Min Dong, linguistics) radical
		6. (dialectal)
		7. (dialectal)
		8. (Hokkien)
夕	夕	1. night; evening; dusk
		2. Simplified form of 穸
		3. Variant of 月
		4. Variant of 明
酉	yǒu	1. wine
		2. an alcoholic drink vessel
		3. tenth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
		4. rooster (鷄) of Chinese zodiac
		5. the period from 17:00 to 19:00
		6. (mathematics) unitary
		7. usage. Although it remains associated with alcoholic drink, the character alone is mostly used as the tenth earthly branch in the Chinese cyclical calendar.