Chinese symbol for “atom”

原子

yuán zǐ

atom; atomic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for atom is 原子 (yuán zǐ), defined as: atom; atomic.

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

原 yuán

source, origin, beginning

radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes

子 zǐ

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 原子.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
原因	yuán yīn	cause; origin
原来 (原來)	yuán lái	original; former; originally; formerly; at first
原则 (原則)	yuán zé	principle; doctrine
原本	yuán běn	originally; the original; original copy; original version
原始	yuán shǐ	first; original
原理	yuán lǐ	principle; theory
孩子	hái zi	child
儿子 (兒子)	ér zi	son

See also: Japanese symbol for “atom”.

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.