胺
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(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. [an1]; Taiwan pr. [an1]
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 肉 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 胺
- Common rank
- #1,539
- Unicode
- U+80FA
Formation & memory
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How 胺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ meaning “organic compound” + 安 sound ()
Words with 胺
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莱克多巴胺 | (organic chemistry) (loanword) ractopamine | |
| 沙利度胺 | thalidomide | |
| 多巴胺 | dopamine | |
| 色胺酸 | (Tw) tryptophan | |
| 胺基酸 | (Tw) amino acid | |
| 鸟胺酸 | (Tw) ornithine | |
| 苏胺酸 | (Tw) threonine | |
| 抗组胺药 | antihistamine | |
| 茶胺酸 | (Tw) (biochemistry) theanine | |
| 抗组胺剂 | antihistamine | |
| 组织胺 | histamine | |
| 沙丁胺醇 | salbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma); also known as albuterol, proventil … | |
| 抗组织胺 | antihistamine | |
| 甲胺 | (chemistry) methylamine | |
| 组胺 | histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses) | |
| 二氯胺 | (chemistry) dichloramine | |
| 甲基苯丙胺 | methamphetamine | |
| 双氯醇胺 | clenbuterol | |
| 硫胺素 | thiamine; vitamin B1 | |
| 三聚氰胺 | melamine C3H6N6 |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 安 — compare how they read.