Chinese symbol for “alchemy”
炼金术
liàn jīn shù
Traditional: 煉金術
alchemy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alchemy is 炼金术 (liàn jīn shù), defined as: alchemy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炼金术.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锻炼 (鍛鍊) | duàn liàn | to toughen; to temper |
| 修炼 (修煉) | xiū liàn | (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism |
| 提炼 (提煉) | tí liàn | to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine |
| 冶炼 (冶煉) | yě liàn | to smelt metal |
| 炼狱 (煉獄) | liàn yù | purgatory |
| 炼油 (煉油) | liàn yóu | to refine crude oil; to render animal fat |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds; capital |
| 金融 | jīn róng | banking; finance |
| 技术 (技術) | jì shù | technology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alchemy”.
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.