Memory phrase for the character: 苯

苯

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Meaning

benzol (chemistry), benzene

Pronunciation

běn

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: origin 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book.)

Mnemonic
 
Plants are the origin of: benzol.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
本 root (of plants), origin




 Vocabulary

苯并噻吩 běn bìng sāi fēn  benzothiophene C8H9, a heterocyclic compound (with one benzene ring and one cyclopentene ring)
苯胺 běn àn  aniline C6H5NH2; aminobenzene
苯酚 běn fēn  phenol C6H5OH
甲苯 jiǎ běn  toluene C6H5CH3; methylbenzene
甲苯 jiǎ běn  

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