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zhǐ

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zhǐ
  1. 1.ester

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  1. 1.ester

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ). Modelled after 脂 (zhī, “lipid”) with a radical input from other oxygenated organic compounds such as 醇 (chún, “alcohol”) and 酸 (suān, “acid”), referring to ester linkages in lipids like glycerides. From 脂 (zhī, “lipid”), referring to ester linkages in lipids like glycerides.

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Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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