# 糖 — sugar

糖 means “sugar”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. On'yomi: トウ (tou). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 糖 (tou, “sugar”).

- Meaning: sugar
- On'yomi: トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 16
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Food & cooking 1

## How to remember 糖

Sounds like 唐: both read トウ.

Parts: 米 rice · 唐 Tang China

## Words with 糖

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 糖 | とう (tou) | sugar |

## More in the “Food & cooking 1” set

[渋](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/astringent/) · [酸](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/acid/) · [腐](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/rot/) · [糧](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/provisions/) · [豆](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bean/) · [糖](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/sugar/) · [煮](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/boil-food/) · [酔](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/intoxicated/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/sugar/. Last updated 2026-11-01.