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Chinese symbol for “deuterium”

重氢
zhòng qīng
Traditional: 重氫
heavy hydrogen (isotope); deuterium

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deuterium is 重氢 (zhòng qīng), defined as: heavy hydrogen (isotope); deuterium.

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

重 zhòng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes
氢 qīng
ammonia
radical 84 ⽓ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 重氢.

WordPinyinMeaning
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical
重点 (重點)chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
氢弹 (氫彈)qīng dànH-bomb; hydrogen bomb
氢气 (氫氣)qīng qìhydrogen (gas)
硫化氢 (硫化氫)liú huà qīnghydrogen sulfide H2S; sulfureted hydrogen

See also: Japanese symbol for “deuterium”.

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.