酯

酯	U+916F, 酯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-916F

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

酯 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一田心日 (MWPA), four-corner 1168₁, composition ⿰酉旨)

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: not present, would follow page 1283, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39861
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3581, character 10
Unihan data for U+916F

ChineseEdit

trad.		酯
simp. ^#		酯

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Glyph originEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ). Modelled after 脂 (zhī, “lipid”) with a radical input from other oxygenated organic compounds such as 醇 (chún, “alcohol”) and 酸 (suān, “acid”), referring to ester linkages in lipids like glycerides.

EtymologyEdit

From 脂 (zhī, “lipid”), referring to ester linkages in lipids like glycerides.

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
Min Nan (POJ): chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chih³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
  - Tâi-lô: tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹/

DefinitionsEdit

酯

(organic chemistry) ester

SynonymsEdit

𨤎 (yán) (obsolete)

CompoundsEdit

乙酸乙酯 (yǐsuānyǐzhǐ)
聚酯 (jùzhǐ)

聚酯絲／聚酯丝
聚酯纖維／聚酯纤维

酯酶 (zhǐméi)

ReferencesEdit

“酯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

酯: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ

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