The kanji 糖 primarily means "sugar" or "sweetness." It refers to any type of saccharine substance, usually extracted from plants, used to sweeten food and drinks. It can also figuratively refer to anything that is considered sweet or pleasing.

・On-yomi (音読み): トウ (tou) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None, or it is not commonly used in general conversations.

⚫︎ 砂糖 (さとう) Translation: Sugar ⚫︎ 血糖値 (けっとうち) Translation: Blood sugar level ⚫︎ 糖分 (とうぶん) Translation: Sugar content

The kanji 糖 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). It is made up of two parts: the radical 米 (rice) on the left side, which indicates a connection to food or grains, and the phonetic component 唐 (tou) on the right side. The character 唐 provides the sound and hints at the origin, with the meaning of the character, which suggests "sugar". The combination of these components conveys the concept of a sweet substance related to rice and food.