醛

醛 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田廿人土 (MWTOG), four-corner 1461₄, composition ⿰酉荃)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1286, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39965
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3589, character 3
• Unihan data for U+919B

Etymology 1

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 荃 (quán, “fragrant plant”), referring to the fragrance of many aldehydes.

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 酉 + phonetic 荃 (OC *sʰlon).

From 荃 (quán, “fragrant plant”), referring to the fragrance of many aldehydes.

醛

1. (organic chemistry) aldehyde

醛

1. ^† change in the flavour of wine (which may be due to the formation of aldehydes, from which its modern mean may be derived.)
2. ^† pickled vegetables

醛: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

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