Translingual

Han character

醛 (radical 164 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田廿人土 (MWTOG), four-corner 1461₄, composition ⿰酉荃)

1. aldehyde

References

• KangXi: page 1286, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39965
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3589, character 3
• Unihan data for U+919B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 酉 ‎(“oxygenated functional group”) + 荃 ‎(“fragrant plant”), referring to the fragrance of many aldehydes. 荃 (quán) also acts as a phonetic component.

Etymology

From 荃 (quán, “fragrant plant”), referring to the fragrance of many aldehydes.

Pronunciation

Noun

醛

1. aldehyde

Vietnamese

Han character

醛 (thuyên)

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