Chinese symbol for “benzene”
苯
běn
benzene; benzol (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for benzene is 苯 (běn), defined as: benzene; benzol (chemistry).
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Other words that share a character with 苯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲苯 | jiǎ běn | toluene C6H5CH3; methylbenzene |
| 苯甲酸 | běn jiǎ suān | benzoic acid C6H5COOH |
| 苯酚 | běn fēn | phenol C6H5OH |
| 苯环 (苯環) | běn huán | benzene ring (chemistry) |
| 二甲苯 | èr jiǎ běn | xylene |
| 聚苯乙烯 | jù běn yǐ xī | polystyrene |
See also: Japanese symbol for “benzene”.
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.