Chinese symbol for “borax”
硼砂
péng shā
borax
The closest CC-CEDICT match for borax is 硼砂 (péng shā), defined as: borax.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 硼砂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硼酸 | péng suān | boric acid H3BO3 |
| 三氟化硼 | sān fú huà péng | boron trifluoride |
| 砂石 | shā shí | sandstone; sand and stone |
| 砂岩 | shā yán | sandstone |
| 朱砂 | zhū shā | cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS |
| 砂糖 | shā táng | granulated sugar |
| 砂锅 (砂鍋) | shā guō | casserole; earthenware pot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “borax”.
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.