jǐng
noun #31,787

Meanings

  1. 1 hydrazine (N2H4)

Examples

HSK 5
Jǐng shì yī zhǒng yǒudú de huàxué wùzhì.
Hydrazine is a toxic chemical substance.
HSK 6
Huǒjiàn ránliào zhōng cháng hányǒu jǐng.
Rocket fuel often contains hydrazine.

Tips

usage
is a chemistry-domain character - the Chinese name for hydrazine, a colorless flammable liquid (NH2-NH2) used in rocket propellants and pharmaceuticals. The character was coined in modern times for this compound; it has no other common usage.
memory
Radical (flesh/organ, common in body/biological terms) + phonetic (jǐng, 'well'). The gives both shape and sound - picture a chemistry well of toxic liquid.

Components

radical
ròu
flesh; meat (left form)
⺼ is the flesh radical, recycled here as a "body/biology" marker for organic chemistry - Chinese chemical names often borrow ⺼ for nitrogen-bearing compounds. Same trick in amine, peptide. Modern coinage, not classical etymology.
phonetic
jǐng
well
supplies the sound jǐng exactly, same tone - a pure phonetic borrowing for the chemistry term hydrazine (N₂H₄). The picture of a well has no semantic role here.

Stroke Order

jǐng