Memory phrase for the character: 酮

酮

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Meaning

ketone (chemistry)

Pronunciation

tóng

Explanation

 Left: wine jar/alcohol 酉, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same.)

Mnemonic
 
(They are obtained by oxidation of alcohol) The alcohol can be the same when it becomes ketones.

Radicals

酉 wine, alcohol
同 same, like




 Vocabulary

丙酮 bǐng tóng  acetone CH3COCH
睾酮 gāo tóng  testosterone
雄酯酮 xióng zhǐ tóng  male hormone; testosterone
醛固酮 quán gù tóng  aldosterone
醛固酮 quán gù tóng  

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