醌

醌 U+918C, 醌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-918C ← 醋 [U+918B] CJK Unified Ideographs 醍 → [U+918D]

Translingual

Han character

醌 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一田日心心 (MWAPP), four-corner 1661, composition ⿰酉昆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1285, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39918
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3586, character 6
• Unihan data for U+918C

Chinese

trad.		醌
simp. #		醌

Etymology

Borrowed from English quinone.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūn (kun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kun
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹
    • Yale: kwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuen
    • Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwan¹
    • Yale: kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/

Definitions

醌

1. (organic chemistry) quinone

Compounds

• 氫醌／氢醌 (qīngkūn)