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羧

suō

Character

What 羧 means

1. carboxyl radical (chemistry)

Words starting with 羧

• 羧基suō jīcarboxyl group -COOH
• 羧酸suō suāncarboxylic acid
• 羧基酸suō jī suāncarboxylic acid
• 羧甲司坦suō jiǎ sī tǎncarbocysteine

Characters built on 夋

These share the phonetic component 夋 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 梭suō(textiles) shuttle
• 唆suō(bound form) to incite; to instigate
• 睃suōto throw a glance at; to peer at; Taiwan pr. jùn

Characters that look like 羧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 殖zhíto grow; to reproduce
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)
• 痘dòupimple; pustule
• 暄xuāngenial and warm

Sounds the same

Read suō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缩to withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 唆(bound form) to incite; to instigate
• 嗦to suck; used in 啰嗦; used in 哆嗦
• 梭(textiles) shuttle
• 莎used in 莎草
• 娑(phonetic); see 婆娑
• 蓑rain coat made of straw etc
• 嗍to suck; Taiwan pr. shuò
• 睃to throw a glance at; to peer at; Taiwan pr. jùn
• 桫horse chestnut; Stewartia pseudocamellia (botany)
• 傞uneven; unsteady (in dancing)
• 蹜walk carefully