Translingual

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 酉 ‎(“oxygenated functional group”) + 迷 ‎(“confusion”), referring to the anesthetic properties of diethyl ether. 迷 also acts as the phonetic component.

Han character

醚 (radical 164 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜火木 (MWYFD), four-corner 1963₉, composition ⿰酉迷)

1. ether

References

• KangXi: page 1285, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39960
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3592, character 1
• Unihan data for U+919A

Chinese

Etymology

From 迷 (mí, “confusion”), referring to the anesthetic properties of diethyl ether.

Pronunciation

Noun

醚

1. (organic chemistry) ether