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

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 醛 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 醛 (Cantonese)
• 醛 (Classical)

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. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) change in the flavour of wine (which may be due to the formation of aldehydes, from which its modern mean may be derived.)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) pickled vegetables

Vietnamese

Han character

醛: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

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