羥

羥

See also: 羟

羥 U+7FA5, 羥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FA5 ← 群 [U+7FA4] CJK Unified Ideographs 羦 → [U+7FA6]

Translingual

Han character

羥 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿手一女一 (TQMVM), four-corner 8151₁, composition ⿰羊巠)

References

• KangXi: page 952, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28499
• Dae Jaweon: page 1396, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3132, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7FA5

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Chinese

trad.		羥
simp.		羟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羥	*kʰreːn, *kʰreːŋ
俓	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡreːŋ, *keːŋs
牼	*kʰreːŋ, *ɡreːŋ
硁
誙	*kʰreːŋ
娙	*ŋɡreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
莖	*ɡreːŋ, *qreːŋ
痙	*ɡeŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰreːn, *kʰreːŋ) : semantic 羊 (“sheep, goat”) + phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ) ― a kind of sheep or goat.

For the sense “hydroxy” in organic chemistry, the glyph is a blend of 氫 (“hydrogen”) and 氧 (“oxygen”), using the phonetic components of both characters (巠 and 羊).

Etymology 1

The pronunciation is a blend of 氫／氢 (qīng, “hydrogen”) and 氧 (yǎng, “oxygen”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎng (qiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁵, coeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang³
    • Yale: chyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheang
    • Palladius: цян (cjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: koeng⁵, coeng¹
    • Yale: kéuhng, chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁵, tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁵, cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ¹³/, /t͡ʃʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

羥

1. (～基) (organic chemistry) hydroxy group; hydroxyl radical

Compounds

羥基／羟基 (qiǎngjī) 羥胺／羟胺 (qiǎng'àn)

羥腈／羟腈 羥酸／羟酸

羥醛／羟醛 (qiǎngquán)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān, kēng (qian¹, keng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ, ㄎㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: keng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻêng¹
    • Yale: kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keng
    • Palladius: кэн (kɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠɛn/, /kʰˠɛŋ/

Rime
Character	羥	羥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	山 (73)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	苦閑切	口莖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛn/	/kʰˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæn/	/kʰᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰæn/	/kʰɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨn/	/kʰəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɛn/	/kʰɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰæn/	/kʰæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰăn/	/kʰæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān	kēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan1	hang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰreːn/, /*kʰreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羥	羥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6777	6783
Phonetic component	坙	坙
Rime group	元	耕
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	慳	鏗
Old Chinese	/*kʰreːn/	/*kʰreːŋ/

Definitions

羥

1. ^† a kind of caprid (sheep, goat)