Chinese symbol for “aldehyde”
醛
quán
aldehyde
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aldehyde is 醛 (quán), defined as: aldehyde.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “aldehyde”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 醛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲醛 | jiǎ quán | formaldehyde (HCHO) |
| 乙醛 | yǐ quán | acetaldehyde H3CCHO; ethanal |
| 酚醛 | fēn quán | phenolic aldehyde; phenolic resin (used to manufacture bakelite) |
| 糠醛 | kāng quán | furfural (chemistry) |
| 醛类 (醛類) | quán lèi | (chemistry) aldehyde |
| 丁醛 | dīng quán | butyraldehyde; butanal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aldehyde”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.