Chinese symbol for “cobalt”
钴
gǔ
Traditional: 鈷
(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. [gu1]); used in 钴𬭁 (gǔ mǔ)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cobalt is 钴 (gǔ), defined as: (chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. [gu1]); used in 钴𬭁 (gǔ mǔ).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 钴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钴𬭁 (鈷鉧) | gǔ mǔ | (literary) clothes iron |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cobalt”.
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.