烯
(chemistry) alkene; -ene (suffix used in chemical names)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,995 U+70EF
How 烯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 希 (phonetic, xī)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 希
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 希 (xī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 希 sound component | xī | rare; to hope for, to strive for; to expect |
| 稀 | xī | rare, unusual; scarce, sparse |
| 唏 | xī | to weep, to sob; to grieve |
| 欷 | xī | to sigh; to sob |
| 浠 | xī | a river in Hubei province |
| 郗 | chī | an ancient city; surname |
Words containing 烯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白三烯 | bái sān xī | leukotriene (biochemistry) |
| 丁二烯 | dīng èr xī | butadiene C4H6; biethylene |
| 石墨烯 | shí mò xī | graphene |
| 乙烯基 | yǐ xī jī | (chemistry) vinyl group; ethenyl group |
| 玉米赤霉烯酮 | yù mǐ chì méi xī tóng | zearalenone |
| 四氯乙烯 | sì lǜ yǐ xī | tetrachloroethylene |
| 异戊二烯 | yì wù èr xī | isoprene |
| 丁烯 | dīng xī | butene or butylene C4H8 |
| 丙烯酸 | bǐng xī suān | acrylic acid C3H4O2 |
| 聚四氟乙烯 | jù sì fú yǐ xī | polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (often referred to by the trademark Teflon) |
| 聚乙烯 | jù yǐ xī | polythene; polyethylene |
| 聚氯乙烯 | jù lǜ yǐ xī | polyvinyl chloride (PVC) |
| 聚苯乙烯 | jù běn yǐ xī | polystyrene |
| 聚丙烯 | jù bǐng xī | polypropylene |
| 丙烯酸酯 | bǐng xī suān zhǐ | acrylic ester |
| 氯乙烯 | lǜ yǐ xī | vinyl chloride (chloroethene C2H3Cl) |
| 环戊烯 | huán wù xī | cyclopentene C5H8 (ring of five carbon atoms) |
| 乙烯 | yǐ xī | ethylene |
| 苯乙烯 | běn yǐ xī | (chemistry) styrene |
| 丙烯 | bǐng xī | propylene C3H6 |