核糖

hétáng

noun #97,846

Meanings

1 ribose

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

核糖是一种含有五个碳原子的糖。

Hétáng shì yì zhǒng hányǒu wǔ ge tàn yuánzǐ de táng.

Ribose is a sugar with five carbon atoms.

HSK 7-9

核糖和脱氧核糖只差一个氧原子。

Hétáng hé tuōyǎnghétáng zhǐ chà yí ge yǎng yuánzǐ.

Ribose and deoxyribose differ by only one oxygen atom.

Tips

memory

核 'nucleus' + 糖 'sugar': it is the sugar in 核糖核酸 (RNA). Take away one oxygen and you get 脱氧核糖, the sugar of 脱氧核糖核酸 (DNA).

Stroke Order

核 hé

糖 táng