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氨

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ammonia

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Strokes
10
Radical
气 +6
Structure
Upper-right enclosure 右上包
Traditional
氨
Common rank
#1,512
Unicode
U+6C28

Formation & memory

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How 氨 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

气 meaning “gas” + 安 sound ( ān )

Components 气 安

How to remember it

ammonia · Heisig RSH #2833

气 air + 安 peaceful

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 氨

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WordPinyinMeaning
氨基比林 ān jī bǐ lín aminopyrine (loanword)
氨基甲酸酯类化合物 ān jī jiǎ suān zhǐ lèi huà hé wù carbamate
色氨酸 sè ān suān tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid
氨基酸 ān jī suān amino acid
精氨酸 jīng ān suān argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid
甲氨基 jiǎ ān jī methyalamino group
天冬氨酸 tiān dōng ān suān aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid
组氨酸 zǔ ān suān histidine (His), an essential amino acid
蛋氨酸 dàn ān suān methionine (Met), an essential amino acid
丝氨酸 sī ān suān serine (Ser), an amino acid
苏氨酸 sū ān suān threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid
异亮氨酸 yì liàng ān suān isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid
氨水 ān shuǐ ammonia solution
氨气 ān qì ammonia (gas)
神经氨酸酶 shén jīng ān suān méi neuraminidase (the N of virus such as bird flu H5N1)
谷氨酸 gǔ ān suān glutamic acid (Glu), an amino acid
氨基 ān jī amino; amino group
甘氨酸 gān ān suān glycine (Gly), an amino acid
酪氨酸代谢病 lào ān suān dài xiè bìng (medicine) tyrosinosis
亮氨酸 liàng ān suān leucine (Leu), an essential amino acid

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 安 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
安 sound part ān peaceful, tranquil, quiet
案 àn file, legal case; bench, table
按 àn to check, to control, to push, to restrain
胺 àn amine
鞍 ān saddle
铵 ǎn ammonium
桉 ān eucalyptus