化合

Japanese

Kanji in this term
化	合

Etymology

From 化 (ka, “change into”) + 合 (gō, “combine”)

Noun

化合 (hiragana かごう, romaji kagō)

1. chemical combination

Derived terms

化合物 (kagōbutsu): chemical compound 化合物半導体 (kagōbutsu handōtai): compound semiconductor 含水化合物 (kansui kagōbutsu): hydrate 炭素化合物 (tanso kagōbutsu): carbon compound 飽和化合物 (hōwa kagōbutsu): saturated compound 無機化合物 (muki kagōbutsu): inorganic compound 有機化合物 (yūki kagōbutsu): organic compound

カルボニル化合物 (karuboniru kagōbutsu): carbonyl compound キレート化合物 (kirēto kagōbutsu): chelate compound シアン化合物 (shian kagōbutsu): cyanide ニトロ化合物 (nitoro kagōbutsu): nitro compound 高分子化合物 (kōbunshi kagōbutsu): high molecular compound 芳香族化合物 (hōkōzoku-kagōbutsu): aromatic compound

Verb

化合 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana かごうする, romaji kagō suru)化合する 化合 suru

1. chemically combine, bind

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
化合

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ xua˥˩xə˧˥ ]

Noun

化合 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin huàhé)

1. (Intermediate Mandarin) (chemistry) a chemical combination

Verb

化合 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin huàhé)

1. (Intermediate Mandarin) (chemistry) to combine

References

• "化合" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-04.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778: