糖

sugar

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

トウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1471

Vocabulary

トウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
砂糖	サトウ	sugar
糖尿病	トウニョウビョウ	diabetes; diabetes mellitus
製糖	セイトウ	sugar manufacture
糖質	トウシツ	sugariness; saccharinity; carbohydrate; schizophrenia
糖分	トウブン	amount of sugar; sugar content

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
糖	とう	sugar
血糖	けっとう	blood sugar
黒砂糖	くろざとう	(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
血糖値	けっとうち	blood sugar level; blood glucose level
かりん糖	かりんとう	karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

cosmetics, adorn (one's person)

Grade 8JLPT N/A

T'ang, China, foreign

Grade 8JLPT N/A

draft, copy, manuscript, straw

sticky, glutinous, greasy, persevere

grains, drop, counter for tiny particles

reputation, praise, honor, glory

refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill

virtuous, good, goodness

wither, die, dry up, be seasoned

chic, style, purity, essence, pith, cream, elite, choice