氰

氰 U+6C30, 氰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C30 ← 氯 [U+6C2F] CJK Unified Ideographs 氱 → [U+6C31]

Translingual

Han character

氰 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人弓手一月 (ONQMB), four-corner 8021₇, composition ⿹气青)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 600, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17072
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2013, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C30

Chinese

trad.		氰
simp. #		氰
alternative forms		𩇛

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 气 + phonetic 青 (qīng).

Etymology

From 青 (qīng), influenced by cyanogen.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíng, qīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ, ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ / cing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²
    • Yale: chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyng
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ching
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing¹ / cing⁴
    • Yale: chīng / chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ / tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ / qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

Definitions

氰

1. (organic chemistry) cyanogen

Compounds

• 三聚氰胺 (sānjùqíng'àn)
• 三聚氰酸 (sānjùqíngsuān)
• 亞鐵氰化鉀 / 亚铁氰化钾
• 氫氰酸 / 氢氰酸 (qīngqíngsuān)
• 氰中毒
• 氰化氫 / 氰化氢 (qínghuàqīng)
• 氯化氰 (lǜhuàqíng)
• 氰化物 (qínghuàwù)
• 氰化鉀 / 氰化钾 (qínghuàjiǎ)
• 氰酸 (qíngsuān)
• 氰酸鈉 / 氰酸钠 (qíngsuānnà)
• 氰酸鉀 / 氰酸钾 (qíngsuānjiǎ)
• 金氰化鉀 / 金氰化钾
• 鐵氰化鉀 / 铁氰化钾 (tiěqínghuàjiǎ)

References

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