醛

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醛 U+919B, 醛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919B
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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
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  • 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

Definitions

醛

  1. (organic chemistry) aldehyde

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

醛

  1. † change in the flavour of wine (which may be due to the formation of aldehydes, from which its modern mean may be derived.)
  2. † pickled vegetables

Vietnamese

Han character

醛: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

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