醛

醛 U+919B, 醛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919B ← 醚 [U+919A] CJK Unified Ideographs 醜 → [U+919C]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

trad.		醛
simp. #		醛

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 荃 (quán, “fragrant plant”), referring to the fragrance of many aldehydes.

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 酉 + phonetic 荃 (OC *sʰlon).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quán (quan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
    • Yale: chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Definitions

醛

1. (organic chemistry) aldehyde

Compounds

• 丁醛 (dīngquán)
• 丙醛 (bǐngquán)
• 乙醛 (yǐquán)
• 氯醛
• 甲醛 (jiǎquán)
• 蟻醛／蚁醛 (yǐquán)
• 醛基 (quánjī)
• 醛糖 (quántáng)
• 香草醛 (xiāngcǎoquán)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuò (chuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴
    • Yale: chwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuoh
    • Palladius: чо (čo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Definitions

醛

1. ^† change in the flavour of wine (which may be due to the formation of aldehydes, from which its modern mean may be derived.)
2. ^† pickled vegetables

Vietnamese

Han character

醛: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

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