烷

烷 U+70F7, 烷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70F7
← 烶
[U+70F6]
CJK Unified Ideographs 烸 →
[U+70F8]

Translingual

Han character

烷 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火十一山 (FJMU), four-corner 93811, composition ⿰火完)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 671, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19047
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2206, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+70F7

Chinese

trad. 烷
simp. # 烷

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 完 (OC *ɦŋoːn, “full; complete”). 火 is a common radical used for names of hydrocarbons.

Pronunciation


Definitions

烷

  1. † fire

Etymology 2

From 完 (wán, “full; complete”), referring to the saturation of the carbons in alkanes. Compare 烯 (xī) and 炔 (quē).

Pronunciation


Definitions

烷

  1. (organic chemistry) alkane

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

烷: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

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