噌 — jaeng, jeung

Parts that make up 噌

How 噌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 噌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 曾.

Japanese words with 噌

• 味噌みそ miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso
• 味噌汁みそしる miso soup
• 塩噌えんそ salt and miso; salt and vinegar; everyday food
• 糠味噌ぬかみそ salted rice-bran paste for pickling
• 糞味噌くそみそ severely (criticize, run down, etc.); terribly; harshly
• 赤味噌あかみそ dark-brown miso paste
• 酢味噌すみそ vinegared miso
• 白味噌しろみそ white miso
• 味噌玉みそだま miso ball
• 玉味噌たまみそ miso ball
• 味噌樽みそだる miso barrel
• 味噌糞みそくそ severely (criticize, run down, etc.); terribly; harshly

Characters sharing the phonetic 曾

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “증” in Korean.

Other hanja read “쟁”

Other hanja with radical 口