Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
のう
Grade: 5

Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology edit

From 官能(かんのう) (kannō, senses) + () (ki, base).

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かん)(のう)() (kannōkiくわんのうき (kwannouki)?

  1. (chemistry) functional group

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN