gān
noun #67,331

Meanings

  1. 1 anhydride (a chemical compound)

Examples

HSK 7-9
三氧化硫硫酸酸酐
Sānyǎnghuàliú shì liúsuān de suāngān.
Sulfur trioxide is the anhydride of sulfuric acid.
HSK 7-9
Suān suō shuǐ hòu jiù shēngchéng gān.
An anhydride is formed when an acid loses water.

Tips

usage
is a chemistry term, short for 酸酐 (acid anhydride) - the oxide left when an acid loses water. The wine-jar radical marks it as part of the chemical-substance character family.

Components

radical
yǒu
wine vessel
Left is , a picture of a wine jar. As a radical it groups characters about fermented and chemical substances - (acid), (alcohol) - and so suits this chemistry word.
phonetic
gān
dry
Right is , giving the sound gān and a fitting overtone of 'dry': an anhydride is what remains after an acid is dried of its water.

Stroke Order

gān