氰
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cyanogen (CN)2; ethanedinitrile; Taiwan pr. [qing1]
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 气 +8
- Structure
- Upper-right enclosure 右上包
- Traditional
- 氰
- Common rank
- #2,397
- Unicode
- U+6C30
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 氰
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氰化物 | cyanide | |
| 氰基细菌 | cyanobacteria | |
| 二氯异三聚氰酸钠 | sodium dichloroisocyanurate | |
| 氰酸盐 | cyanate | |
| 三聚氰胺 | melamine C3H6N6 | |
| 氰基 | cyan; cyanide radical -CN, stable triple bond with chemical properties like halogens | |
| 氯化氰 | cyanogen chloride CNCl | |
| 硫氰酸盐 | thiocyanate | |
| 氰酸 | cyanic acid HCN | |
| 氢化氰 | hydrocyanic acid; hydrogen cyanide | |
| 三氯氰胺 | melamine C3H6N6 | |
| 硫氰酸 | thiocyanic acid | |
| 氰化钠 | sodium cyanide NaCN | |
| 硫氰酸酶 | rhodanase | |
| 氰氨化钙 | calcium cyanamide | |
| 甲氰菊酯 | fenpropathrin (insecticide) | |
| 氰化钾 | potassium cyanide KCN | |
| 溴化氰 | cyanogen bromide | |
| 氰溴甲苯 | cyanobenzyl bromide | |
| 氰苷 | cyanogenetic glucoside |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 青 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青 sound part | nature's color; blue, green, black; young | |
| 情 | emotion, feeling, sentiment | |
| 清 | clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful | |
| 精 | essence, germ, spirit | |
| 请 | to ask, to request; to invite; please | |
| 睛 | eyeball; pupil | |
| 猜 | to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel | |
| 晴 | clear weather, fine weather | |
| 蜻 | dragonfly | |
| 靓 | ornament; pretty; to apply make-up | |
| 菁 | turnip; a flower of the leek family | |
| 腈 | acrylic | |
| 箐 | to draw a bamboo bow | |
| 鲭 | mackerel | |
| 鼱 | shrew | |
| 圊 | restroom |