醚

醚	U+919A, 醚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919A

← 醙
[U+9199]

CJK Unified Ideographs

醛 →
[U+919B]

Translingual

Han character

醚 (radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜火木 (MWYFD), four-corner 1963₉, composition ⿰酉迷)

References

KangXi: page 1285, character 43
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39960
Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3592, character 1
Unihan data for U+919A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		醚

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 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
(Pinyin): mí (mi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: mih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁴
  - Yale: màih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹/

Definitions

醚

(organic chemistry) ether
^† drunk

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