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Chinese symbol for “chemistry”

化学
huà xué
Traditional: 化學
chemistry; chemical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chemistry is 化学 (huà xué), defined as: chemistry; chemical.

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

化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 化学.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
强化 (強化)qiáng huàto strengthen; to intensify
转化 (轉化)zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学校 (學校)xué xiàoschool; measure word: 所 (suǒ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “chemistry”.

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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