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běn

benzene, benzol

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 provides meaning, 本 provides pronunciation
HSK 8 strokes Uncommon (37%)
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艹
cǎo
grass, weed, plant, herb
本
běn
root, origin, source; basis
⿱艹本 i

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Component Tree i

cǎo
艹
grass, weed, plant, herb
📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting
3 strokes
běn
本
root, origin, source; basis
💡 Ideographic: A tree 木 with its roots highlighted
5 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 苯 (39)

běn
苯 ↗
benzene / benzol (chemistry)
běnjī
苯基 ↗
phenyl group
xiāojīběn
硝基苯 ↗
nitrobenzene / benzoil nitrate (chemistry)
wánjīběn
烷基苯 ↗
alkyl benzene / dodecylbenzene C18H30
wánjīběnhuángsuānnà
烷基苯磺酸钠 ↗
sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (used as a bubbling agent in detergents)
jiǎjīběnbǐngàn
甲基苯丙胺 ↗
methamphetamine
jiǎběn
甲苯 ↗
toluene C6H5CH3 / methylbenzene
Yìdīngběnbǐngsuān
异丁苯丙酸 ↗
Ibuprofen or Nurofen / nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers / also called [[布洛芬]]
guòyǎnghuàběnjiǎxiān
过氧化苯甲酰 ↗
benzoil peroxide
guòyǎngběnjiǎxiān
过氧苯甲酰 ↗
benzoil peroxide
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