酵

Glyph origin
– fermenting in a vessel, making alcoholic drink. 孝 is composed of “young + old”, hence connotations of “aging (in a vase), fermentation”.

Etymology
In some lects, the pronunciation of is the same as that of. This is the result of .

Definitions

 * 1) yeast
 * 2) to yeast
 * 3)  dough with yeast

Etymology
From Middle Chinese. The original reading is ; the prominently-used is from a corrupted or unorthodox reading.

Hanja
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