běn

technical
common

Meaning of

苯 means benzene; aromatic hydrocarbon. Pronounced běn.

  • benzene; aromatic hydrocarbon

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Běn
shì
zhǒng
zhòng
yào
de
yǒu
huà
gōng
yuán
liào
 

Benzene is an important organic chemical raw material.

Shí
yàn
shì
cháng
yòng
běn
zuò
wéi
yǒu
róng
lái
róng
jiě
shù
zhī
 

Laboratories often use benzene as an organic solvent to dissolve resins.

Cháng
jiē
chù
běn
huì
duì
rén
zào
xuè
tǒng
zào
chéng
yán
zhòng
sǔn
hài
 

Long-term exposure to benzene can cause severe damage to the human hematopoietic system.

Zhè
zhǒng
liào
tiān
jiā
le
shǎo
liàng
běn
lái
shēng
huī
xìng
 

This paint adds a small amount of benzene to improve volatility.

Běn
tōng
guò
shí
yóu
fēn
liú
huò
méi
jiāo
yóu
liàn
dào
 

Benzene can be obtained through petroleum fractional distillation or coal tar extraction.

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Measure Words

/ zhǒng
Primary
/ shēng