烷
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Translingual
    
    Han character
    
烷 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火十一山 (FJMU), four-corner 93811, composition ⿰火完)
References
    
- KangXi: page 671, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19047
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2206, character 1
- Unihan data for U+70F7
Chinese
    
| trad. | 烷 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 烷 | |
Glyph origin
    
Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 完 (OC *ɦŋoːn, “full; complete”). 火 is a common radical used for names of hydrocarbons.
Pronunciation
    
Etymology 2
    
From 完 (wán, “full; complete”), referring to the saturation of the carbons in alkanes. Compare 烯 (xī) and 炔 (quē).
Pronunciation
    
Vietnamese
    
    
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