烷
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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.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wán
- Wade–Giles: wan2
- Yale: wán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
- Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyun4
- Yale: yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: yun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Definitions
烷
- † fire
Etymology 2
From 完 (wán, “full; complete”), referring to the saturation of the carbons in alkanes. Compare 烯 (xī) and 炔 (quē).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun4 / jyun4-2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oân
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6woe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wán
- Wade–Giles: wan2
- Yale: wán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
- Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyun4 / jyun4-2
- Yale: yùhn / yún
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4 / jyn4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: yun4 / yun4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹/, /jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Definitions
烷
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
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