Chinese symbol for “ammonium”
铵
ǎn
Traditional: 銨
ammonium
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ammonium is 铵 (ǎn), defined as: ammonium.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ammonium”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铔 (錏) | yà | ammonium (old) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硝酸铵 (硝酸銨) | xiāo suān ǎn | ammonium nitrate |
| 氯化铵 (氯化銨) | lǜ huà ǎn | ammonium chloride |
| 硫酸铵 (硫酸銨) | liú suān ǎn | ammonium sulfate |
| 碳酸氢铵 (碳酸氫銨) | tàn suān qīng ǎn | ammonium bicarbonate |
| 碳铵 (碳銨) | tàn ǎn | ammonium bicarbonate (abbr. for 碳酸氢铵 (tàn suān qīng ǎn)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ammonium”.
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.