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Chinese symbol for “flux”

通量
tōng liàng
flux

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flux is 通量 (tōng liàng), defined as: flux.

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Characters and stroke order

通 tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
量 liàng
measure, volume; amount, quantity
radical 166 ⾥ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “flux”

WordPinyinMeaning
助焊剂 (助焊劑)zhù hàn jìflux (metallurgy)
助熔剂 (助熔劑)zhù róng jìflux

Related words

Other words that share a character with 通量.

WordPinyinMeaning
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally
普通pǔ tōngcommon; ordinary
通知tōng zhīto notify; to inform
沟通 (溝通)gōu tōngto join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
力量lì liangpower; force; strength
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity

See also: Japanese symbol for “flux”.

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.