核酸

Chinese

		nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
trad. (核酸)		核	酸
simp. ^#(核酸)		核	酸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hésuān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ syun¹ / wat⁶ syun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): het-sôn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-soan / he̍k-soan

(Teochew, Peng'im): hêg⁴ seng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸gheq-soe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hésuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hésuan
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-suan¹
  - Yale: hé-swān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hersuan
  - Palladius: хэсуань (xɛsuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶ syun¹ / wat⁶ syun¹
  - Yale: haht syūn / waht syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ syn¹ / wat⁹ syn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶ xun¹ / wed⁶ xun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² syːn⁵⁵/, /wɐt̚² syːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: het-sôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hed^ˋ son^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hed⁵ son¹
  - Sinological IPA: /het̚² son²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-soan / he̍k-soan
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-suan / hi̍k-suan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudsoafn, hegsoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² suan³³/, /hiɪk̚²⁴⁻² suan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hêg⁴ seng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hek sṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hek̚²⁻⁴ sɯŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gheq-soe
  - MiniDict: gheh^入 soe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hheq-soe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəʔ¹¹ sø²³/

Noun

核酸

(biochemistry, genetics) nucleic acid
(This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) short for 核酸檢測／核酸检测 (hésuān jiǎncè) [2021–]
做核酸 ― zuò hésuān ― to take a nucleic acid test

Derived terms

核糖核酸 (hétánghésuān)
核酸檢測 / 核酸检测 (hésuān jiǎncè)
核酸酶
脫氧核糖核酸 / 脱氧核糖核酸 (tuōyǎnghétánghésuān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
核	酸
かく Grade: S	さん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

核 (kaku, “core”) +‎ 酸 (san, “acid”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かくさん [kàkúsáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟̊sã̠ɴ]

Noun

核(かく)酸(さん) • (kakusan)

(genetics, biochemistry) nucleic acid

Korean

Hanja in this term
核	酸

Noun

核酸 • (haeksan) (hangeul 핵산)

hanja form^? of 핵산 (“nucleic acid”)