Chinese symbol for “octane”
辛烷
xīn wán
octane (C8H18)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for octane is 辛烷 (xīn wán), defined as: octane (C8H18).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辛烷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 艰辛 (艱辛) | jiān xīn | hardships; arduous |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking; industrious |
| 辛辣 | xīn là | spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism) |
| 辛辛苦苦 | xīn xīn kǔ kǔ | painstakingly; with great trouble |
| 辛劳 (辛勞) | xīn láo | laborious |
| 甲烷 | jiǎ wán | methane CH4 |
| 丙烷 | bǐng wán | propane |
See also: Japanese symbol for “octane”.
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.