氰

cyanogen (CN)2; ethanedinitrile; Taiwan pr. [qing1]

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,397 U+6C30

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

气 (semantic, “gas”) + 青 (phonetic, qīng)

components: 气青

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 青

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 青 (qīng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
青 sound component	qīng	nature's color; blue, green, black; young
情	qíng	emotion, feeling, sentiment
清	qīng	clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
精	jīng	essence, germ, spirit
请	qǐng	to ask, to request; to invite; please
睛	jīng	eyeball; pupil
猜	cāi	to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel
晴	qíng	clear weather, fine weather
蜻	qīng	dragonfly
靓	liàng	ornament; pretty; to apply make-up
菁	jīng	turnip; a flower of the leek family
腈	jīng	acrylic
箐	qìng	to draw a bamboo bow
鲭	qīng	mackerel
鼱	jīng	shrew
圊	qīng	restroom

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
氰化物	qíng huà wù	cyanide
氰基细菌	qíng jī xì jūn	cyanobacteria
二氯异三聚氰酸钠	èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà	sodium dichloroisocyanurate
氰酸盐	qíng suān yán	cyanate
三聚氰胺	sān jù qíng àn	melamine C3H6N6
氰基	qíng jī	cyan; cyanide radical -CN, stable triple bond with chemical properties like halogens
氯化氰	lǜ huà qíng	cyanogen chloride CNCl
硫氰酸盐	liú qíng suān yán	thiocyanate
氰酸	qíng suān	cyanic acid HCN
氢化氰	qīng huà qíng	hydrocyanic acid; hydrogen cyanide
三氯氰胺	sān lǜ qíng àn	melamine C3H6N6
硫氰酸	liú qíng suān	thiocyanic acid
氰化钠	qíng huà nà	sodium cyanide NaCN
硫氰酸酶	liú qíng suān méi	rhodanase
氰氨化钙	qíng ān huà gài	calcium cyanamide
甲氰菊酯	jiǎ qíng jú zhǐ	fenpropathrin (insecticide)
氰化钾	qíng huà jiǎ	potassium cyanide KCN
溴化氰	xiù huà qíng	cyanogen bromide
氰溴甲苯	qíng xiù jiǎ běn	cyanobenzyl bromide
氰苷	qíng gān	cyanogenetic glucoside