醚

醚	U+919A, 醚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919A

Translingual

Han character

醚 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜火木 (MWYFD), four-corner 1963₉, composition ⿰酉迷)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1285, character 43
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39960
Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3592, character 1
Unihan data for U+919A

Chinese

trad.		醚
simp. ^#		醚

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Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + 迷 (“confusion”), referring to the anesthetic properties of diethyl ether. 迷 also acts as the phonetic component.

Etymology

From 迷 (mí, “confusion”), referring to the anesthetic properties of diethyl ether.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mí (mi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mí
  - Wade–Giles: mi²
  - Yale: mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mai⁴
  - Yale: màih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹/

Definitions

醚

(organic chemistry) ether
^† drunk