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氰

qíng
noun #45,307

Meanings

  1. 1 cyanogen; cyano- (chemistry)

Examples

氰化物是一种极危险的毒物。
Qínghuàwù shì yì zhǒng jí wēixiǎn de dúwù.
Cyanide is an extremely dangerous poison.
氰化钾用于工业提金。
Qínghuàjiǎ yòngyú gōngyè tí jīn.
Potassium cyanide is used in industrial gold extraction.

Tips

usage
A chemistry term, seen in 氰化物 (qínghuàwù, cyanide) and 氰化钾 (qínghuàjiǎ, potassium cyanide). Like many gas-radical characters, it names a chemical substance.

Components

radical
气 qì
air; gas
The gas radical 气 wraps the top and right. It marks this as a gaseous chemical substance, the standard pattern for gas-element names.
phonetic
青 qīng
green; blue (phonetic)
青 (qīng) sits inside the gas frame and gives the sound, lightly shifted to qíng. The same phonetic appears in 清 and 情.

Stroke Order

氰 qíng