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gān

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gān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gān | gan1
English translation
anhydride

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About gān

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

gān

Contains the radical

yǒu

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

chemical

Etymology of gān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

酉干

Semantic compound

yǒu

Phonetic compound

gān

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Example sentences using gān

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适用 shì yòng 本法 de 酸酐 yǒu běn 二甲酸, 马来酸琥珀酸的酸酐.

Suitable anhydrides for use in this process include phthalic , maleic, and succinic.

我们 wǒmen 发现 fāxiàn 苯甲 gān de 这些 zhè xiē dài zài 1789厘米 límǐ - 1(5.59微米 wēi mǐ )1727厘米 límǐ - 1(5.79微米 wēi mǐ ).

We have found these bands in benzoylbenzoate to occur at 1789 cm - 1 and 1727 cm -

Words with gān

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gān anhydride gān

gān Decomposition & Compounds

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