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酮

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ketone

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Strokes
13
Radical
酉 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
酮
Common rank
#1,786
Unicode
U+916E

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Formation & memory

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How 酮 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

酉 meaning “chemical” + 同 sound ( tóng )

Components 酉 同

Words with 酮

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WordPinyinMeaning
黄酮类化合物 huáng tóng lèi huà hé wù flavonoid (chemistry)
黄体酮 huáng tǐ tóng progesterone
美沙酮 měi shā tóng methadone
类黄酮 lèi huáng tóng flavonoid (biochemistry)
美他沙酮 měi tā shā tóng metaxalone
木酮糖 mù tóng táng xylulose (type of sugar)
生酮饮食 shēng tóng yǐn shí ketogenic diet
核酮糖 hé tóng táng ribulose (type of sugar)
纳洛酮 nà luò tóng naloxone (medication) (loanword)
黄酮 huáng tóng flavone
酮基 tóng jī ketone group
氯安酮 lǜ ān tóng see 氯胺酮[lu:4 an4 tong2]; ketamine
对氨基苯丙酮 duì ān jī běn bǐng tóng p-aminopropiophenone
酮糖 tóng táng ketose, monosaccharide containing ketone group
玉米赤霉烯酮 yù mǐ chì méi xī tóng zearalenone
丙酮酸 bǐng tóng suān pyruvic acid CH3COCOOH
安眠酮 ān mián tóng methaqualone; hyminal
苯酮尿症 běn tóng niào zhèng phenylketonuria (PKU)
薄荷酮 bò he tóng menthone (chemistry)
丙酮酸脱氢酶 bǐng tóng suān tuō qīng méi pyruvate dehydrogenase

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
同 sound part tóng same, similar; together with, alike
洞 dòng cave, grotto, hole, ravine
铜 tóng copper, bronze
筒 tǒng tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo
桐 tóng Chinese wood-oil tree, Vernicia fordii
侗 tóng big; ignorant, rude, rustic
峒 dòng a mountain in Gansu province
硐 tóng cave; chamber; pit
恫 dòng fearful, pained, sorrowful
胴 dòng the large intestine; the body
茼 tóng chrysanthemum; Glebionis coronarium
垌 dòng farm, field; used in place names