醚

醚 U+919A, 醚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919A ← 醙 [U+9199] CJK Unified Ideographs 醛 → [U+919B]

Translingual

Han character

醚 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜火木 (MWYFD), four-corner 1963₉, composition ⿰酉迷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1285, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39960
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3592, character 1
• Unihan data for U+919A

Chinese

trad.		醚
simp. #		醚

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + 迷 (“confusion”), referring to the anesthetic properties of diethyl ether. 迷 also acts as the phonetic component.

Etymology

From 迷 (mí, “confusion”), referring to the anesthetic properties of diethyl ether.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí (mi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mí
    • Wade–Giles: mi²
    • Yale: mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁴
    • Yale: màih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹/

Definitions

醚

1. (organic chemistry) ether
2. ^† drunk