Chinese symbol for “arsenic”
砷
shēn
arsenic (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for arsenic is 砷 (shēn), defined as: arsenic (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “arsenic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砒 | pī | arsenic |
| 礵 | shuāng | arsenic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 砷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砷化镓 (砷化鎵) | shēn huà jiā | gallium arsenide (GaAs) |
| 砷中毒 | shēn zhòng dú | arsenic poisoning |
| 亚砷酸 (亞砷酸) | yà shēn suān | arsenous acid |
| 砷化氢 (砷化氫) | shēn huà qīng | arsine |
| 砷凡纳明 (砷凡納明) | shēn fán nà míng | arsphenamine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “arsenic”.
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.