Chinese symbol for “ketone”
酮
tóng
ketone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ketone is 酮 (tóng), defined as: ketone.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 酮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丙酮 | bǐng tóng | acetone CH3COCH |
| 美沙酮 | měi shā tóng | methadone |
| 孕酮 | yùn tóng | progesterone |
| 睾酮 (睪酮) | gāo tóng | testosterone |
| 丙酮酸 | bǐng tóng suān | pyruvic acid CH3COCOOH |
| 黄体酮 (黃體酮) | huáng tǐ tóng | progesterone |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ketone”.
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.