àn

amine

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

安 sound component

  Sound component

ānan

  

peaceful

Evolution

胺 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
胺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

àn

amine; Taiwan pr. [ān]

Most common words with 胺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

amine

磺胺

sulfa drugs

多巴胺

dopamine

组胺

histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses)

苯胺

aniline C6H5NH2