醚
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Translingual
Han character
醚 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜火木 (MWYFD), four-corner 19639, composition ⿰酉迷)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1285, character 43
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39960
- Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3592, character 1
- Unihan data for U+919A
Chinese
| trad. | 醚 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 醚 | |
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + 迷 (“confusion”), referring to the anesthetic properties of diethyl ether. 迷 also acts as the phonetic component.
Etymology
From 迷 (mí, “confusion”), referring to the anesthetic properties of diethyl ether.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mí
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mí
- Wade–Giles: mi2
- Yale: mí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
- Palladius: ми (mi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mai4
- Yale: màih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mai4
- Guangdong Romanization: mei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
醚
- (organic chemistry) ether
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) drunk