啶
idine (chemistry)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,155 U+5576
How 啶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 定 (phonetic, dìng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 定
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 定 (dìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 定 sound component | dìng | to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure |
| 淀 | diàn | marsh, swamp; sediment; to precipitate |
| 绽 | zhàn | to crack; to burst open; to split at the seams |
| 靛 | diàn | indigo, blue dye |
| 碇 | dìng | anchor |
| 锭 | dìng | spindle, ingot; tablet, slab |
| 腚 | dìng | buttocks |
Words containing 啶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胸腺嘧啶 | xiōng xiàn mì dìng | thymine nucleotide (T, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in DNA) |
| 吖丁啶 | ā dīng dìng | azetidine (chemistry) (loanword) |
| 胞嘧啶 | bāo mì dìng | cytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G 鳥嘌呤|鸟嘌呤 in DNA and RNA) |
| 尿嘧啶 | niào mì dìng | uracil nucleotide (U, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in RNA) |
| 氨吖啶 | ān ā dìng | aminoacridine or aminacrine (antiseptic and disinfectant) |
| 哌替啶 | pài tì dìng | pethidine (aka meperidine or Demerol) (loanword) |
| 吡啶 | bǐ dìng | pyridine C5H5N (loanword) |
| 吖啶 | ā dìng | acridine (antiseptic and disinfectant) |
| 嘧啶 | mì dìng | pyrimidine C4H4N2 |
| 哌啶 | pài dìng | piperidine (chemistry) (loanword) |