糖果
táng guǒ · HSK 7
candy
🍬 糖果 = 糖 sugar + 果 fruit → sweet stuff = candy
糖 means sugar and 果 means fruit; together they name the sweet treats we call candy. The 果 here is the same character as in 水果 (fruit), so a sugary fruit-like snack is candy.
糖 — rice radical 米 + 唐 táng (phonetic)
糖 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 米 (rice/grain) signals the meaning, since sugar was historically produced from grains and cane. The right side 唐 supplies the sound 'táng'. Originally referring to malt sugar made from grains, the word later broadened to mean sugar and sweets in general.
果 — fruit shape 田-like top + tree 木
果 is a pictograph: early forms show a tree (木) with round fruit hanging on its branches, later stylized into the 田-like top. Its original meaning was 'fruit', which extended to 'result, outcome' — the fruit of an action — and to 'resolute, decisive'.