Chinese symbol for “alkyl”
烷基
wán jī
alkyl
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alkyl is 烷基 (wán jī), defined as: alkyl.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烷基.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲烷 | jiǎ wán | methane CH4 |
| 丙烷 | bǐng wán | propane |
| 烷烃 (烷烴) | wán tīng | alkane |
| 丁烷 | dīng wán | butane |
| 乙烷 | yǐ wán | ethane (C2H6) |
| 基础 (基礎) | jī chǔ | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
| 基地 | jī dì | base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alkyl”.
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.