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Translingual
Han character
酯 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一田心日 (MWPA), four-corner 11681, composition ⿰酉旨)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1283, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39861
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3581, character 10
- Unihan data for U+916F
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ). Modelled after 脂 (zhī, “lipid”) with a radical input from other oxygenated organic compounds such as 醇 (chún, “alcohol”) and 酸 (suān, “acid”), referring to ester linkages in lipids like glycerides.
Etymology
From 脂 (zhī, “lipid”), referring to ester linkages in lipids like glycerides.
Pronunciation
Definitions
酯
- (organic chemistry) ester
Synonyms
Compounds
References
- “酯”, 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–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “酯”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 309.
Vietnamese
Han character
酯: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ
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