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Chinese symbol for “acetylene”

乙炔
yǐ quē
acetylene; ethyne C2H2

The closest CC-CEDICT match for acetylene is 乙炔 (yǐ quē), defined as: acetylene; ethyne C2H2.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

乙 yǐ
second; 2nd heavenly stem
radical 5 ⼄ · 1 strokes
炔 quē
acetylene
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 乙炔.

WordPinyinMeaning
乙醇yǐ chúnethanol; ethyl alcohol
乙烯yǐ xīethylene
乙肝yǐ gānhepatitis B
乙方yǐ fāngparty B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方 (jiǎ fāng), party A)
乙醚yǐ míether; diethyl ether C2H5OC2H5
氧乙炔yǎng yǐ quēoxyacetylene
氧乙炔炬yǎng yǐ quē jùan oxyacetylene torch
氧乙炔焊yǎng yǐ quē hànoxyacetylene welding

See also: Japanese symbol for “acetylene”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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