烯
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Translingual
Han character
烯 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火大大月 (FKKB), four-corner 94827, composition ⿰火希)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 671, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19037
- Dae Jaweon: page 1080, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2205, character 4
- Unihan data for U+70EF
Chinese
| trad. | 烯 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 烯 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 希 (xī).
Etymology
Derived from 稀 (xī, “rare”), coined in light of the observed lack of hydrogens (as compared to alkanes) in alkenes and the fact that alkenes are flammable.
Compare 烷 (wán, “alkane”), 炔 (quē, “alkyne”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xī
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: si
- Wade–Giles: hsi1
- Yale: syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hei1
- Yale: hēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei1
- Guangdong Romanization: héi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
烯