酞

酞 U+915E, 酞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-915E ← 酝 [U+915D] CJK Unified Ideographs 酟 → [U+915F]

Translingual

Han character

酞 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一田大戈 (MWKI), four-corner 1463, composition ⿰酉太)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1281, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3575, character 7
• Unihan data for U+915E

Chinese

trad.		酞
simp. #		酞

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 酉 + phonetic 太 (tài).

Etymology

Borrowed from English phthalein.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tài (tai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tài
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴
    • Yale: tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tay
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taai³
    • Yale: taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³/

Definitions

酞

1. (organic chemistry) phthalein

Compounds

• 酞嗪 (tàiqín)
• 酚酞 (fēntài)