炔

See also: 耿

炔 U+7094, 炔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7094 ← 炓 [U+7093] CJK Unified Ideographs 炕 → [U+7095]

Translingual

Han character

炔 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火木大 (FDK) or 難火木大 (XFDK), four-corner 9583₀, composition ⿰火夬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 667, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18917
• Dae Jaweon: page 1076, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2194, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7094

Chinese

trad.		炔
simp. #		炔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
袂	*mɡʷeds
夬	*kʷraːds
快	*kʰʷraːds
駃	*kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd
筷	*kʰʷraːds
炔	*kʷeːds
觖	*kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd
缺	*kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd
蒛	*kʰʷed
吷	*qʰʷed
妜	*qʷed, *qʷeːd
決	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
訣	*kʷeːd
抉	*kʷeːd, *qʷeːd
玦	*kʷeːd
芵	*kʷeːd
赽	*kʷeːd
鴂	*kʷeːd
鈌	*kʷeːd
决	*kʷeːd
疦	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
蚗	*kʷeːd
趹	*kʷeːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷeːds) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 夬 (OC *kʷraːds) ― smoky.

For the sense “alkyne”, the 夬 component is derived from 缺 (quē, “to lack”), of which it is also the phonetic element. The character was coined in light of fact that alkynes are flammable (火 (huǒ)―“fire”), and lack two of the hydrogens compared to alkenes of the homologous series.

Compare 烷 (wán) and 烯 (xī).

Etymology 1

From 缺 (quē).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quē, jué

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ, ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quē
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyue
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹
    • Yale: chywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiue
    • Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/

Definitions

炔

1. (～烴) (organic chemistry) alkyne

Compounds

• 丁二炔
• 丁炔 (dīngquē)
• 丙炔 (bǐngquē)
• 乙炔 (yǐquē)
• 炔烴／炔烃 (quētīng)
• 炔鍵／炔键
• 苯乙炔

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guì (gui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
    • Yale: gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gai³
    • Yale: gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwejH

Rime
Character	炔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古惠切
Baxter	kwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kweiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛjH/
Li Rong	/kueiH/
Wang Li	/kiweiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiweiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炔
Reading #	1/1
No.	4410
Phonetic component	夬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	桂
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːds/
Notes	炅姓之改

Definitions

炔

1. ^† smoky
2. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

炔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)、け (ke)、けつ (ketsu)、けち (kechi)

Vietnamese

Han character

炔: Hán Việt readings: khuyết

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