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Chinese symbol for “calcification”

钙化
gài huà
Traditional: 鈣化
to calcify; calcification

The closest CC-CEDICT match for calcification is 钙化 (gài huà), defined as: to calcify; calcification.

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

钙 gài
calcium
radical 167 ⾦ · 9 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 钙化.

WordPinyinMeaning
钙质 (鈣質)gài zhìcalcium
碳酸钙 (碳酸鈣)tàn suān gàicalcium carbonate
氯化钙 (氯化鈣)lǜ huà gàicalcium chloride
氢氧化钙 (氫氧化鈣)qīng yǎng huà gàicalcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2; slaked lime
硫酸钙 (硫酸鈣)liú suān gàicalcium sulfate
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “calcification”.

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.

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