氨
ammonia
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,512 U+6C28
How 氨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
气 (semantic, “gas”) + 安 (phonetic, ān)
How to remember it
ammonia · Heisig RSH #2833
气 air + 安 peaceful
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 安
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 安 (ān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安 sound component | ān | peaceful, tranquil, quiet |
| 案 | àn | file, legal case; bench, table |
| 按 | àn | to check, to control, to push, to restrain |
| 胺 | àn | amine |
| 鞍 | ān | saddle |
| 铵 | ǎn | ammonium |
| 桉 | ān | eucalyptus |
Words containing 氨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氨基比林 | ān jī bǐ lín | aminopyrine (loanword) |
| 氨基甲酸酯类化合物 | ān jī jiǎ suān zhǐ lèi huà hé wù | carbamate |
| 色氨酸 | sè ān suān | tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid |
| 氨基酸 | ān jī suān | amino acid |
| 精氨酸 | jīng ān suān | argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid |
| 甲氨基 | jiǎ ān jī | methyalamino group |
| 天冬氨酸 | tiān dōng ān suān | aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid |
| 组氨酸 | zǔ ān suān | histidine (His), an essential amino acid |
| 蛋氨酸 | dàn ān suān | methionine (Met), an essential amino acid |
| 丝氨酸 | sī ān suān | serine (Ser), an amino acid |
| 苏氨酸 | sū ān suān | threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid |
| 异亮氨酸 | yì liàng ān suān | isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid |
| 氨水 | ān shuǐ | ammonia solution |
| 氨气 | ān qì | ammonia (gas) |
| 神经氨酸酶 | shén jīng ān suān méi | neuraminidase (the N of virus such as bird flu H5N1) |
| 谷氨酸 | gǔ ān suān | glutamic acid (Glu), an amino acid |
| 氨基 | ān jī | amino; amino group |
| 甘氨酸 | gān ān suān | glycine (Gly), an amino acid |
| 酪氨酸代谢病 | lào ān suān dài xiè bìng | (medicine) tyrosinosis |
| 亮氨酸 | liàng ān suān | leucine (Leu), an essential amino acid |