烷
alkane
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,310 U+70F7
How 烷 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 完 (phonetic, wán)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 完
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 完 (wán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 完 sound component | wán | to complete, to finish, to settle; whole |
| 院 | yuàn | court, yard, courtyard; school |
| 浣 | huàn | to wash, to rinse |
| 莞 | wǎn | to smile; club-rush, Scirpus lacustris |
| 皖 | wǎn | Anhui province |
| 鲩 | huàn | carp |
| 筦 | guǎn | key; pipe; to be in charge |
| 脘 | wǎn | abdominal cavity |
Words containing 烷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十六烷值 | shí liù wán zhí | cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay) |
| 三氯甲烷 | sān lǜ jiǎ wán | chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3) |
| 异丁烷 | yì dīng wán | isobutane |
| 二氯甲烷 | èr lǜ jiǎ wán | dichloromethane |
| 烷氧基 | wán yǎng jī | alkoxy (chemistry) |
| 环氧乙烷 | huán yǎng yǐ wán | ethylene oxide |
| 烷基 | wán jī | alkyl |
| 甲烷 | jiǎ wán | methane CH4 |
| 烷基苯 | wán jī běn | alkyl benzene; dodecylbenzene C18H30 |
| 氯甲烷 | lǜ jiǎ wán | methyl chloride CH3Cl |
| 丁烷 | dīng wán | butane |
| 辛烷值 | xīn wán zhí | octane rating |
| 烷基苯磺酸钠 | wán jī běn huáng suān nà | sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (used as a bubbling agent in detergents) |
| 乙烷 | yǐ wán | ethane (C2H6) |
| 辛烷 | xīn wán | octane (C8H18) |
| 环烷烃 | huán wán tīng | cycloalkane |
| 丙烷 | bǐng wán | propane |
| 酚甲烷 | fēn jiǎ wán | (Tw) bisphenol A (BPA) |
| 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮 | yǐ xiān àn bǐ luò wán tóng | (pharmacology) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic |
| 烷烃 | wán tīng | alkane |