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Chinese symbol for “adsorption”

吸附
xī fù
to adhere to a surface; to absorb; to draw in; (fig.) to attract

The closest CC-CEDICT match for adsorption is 吸附 (xī fù), defined as: to adhere to a surface; to absorb; to draw in; (fig.) to attract; (chemistry) adsorption.

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Characters and stroke order

吸 xī
to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
附 fù
nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on
radical 170 ⾩ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吸附.

WordPinyinMeaning
吸引xī yǐnto attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
吸收xī shōuto absorb; to assimilate
呼吸hū xīto breathe
吸引力xī yǐn lìattractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal
吸烟 (吸煙)xī yānto smoke
吸血鬼xī xuè guǐleech; bloodsucking vermin
附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
附属 (附屬)fù shǔsubsidiary; auxiliary

See also: Japanese symbol for “adsorption”.

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.