Chinese symbol for “graphite”
石墨
shí mò
black lead; graphite; plumbago
The closest CC-CEDICT match for graphite is 石墨 (shí mò), defined as: black lead; graphite; plumbago.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 石墨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond; 颗 (kē) |
| 岩石 | yán shí | (geology) rock |
| 宝石 (寶石) | bǎo shí | precious stone; gem; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē) |
| 化石 | huà shí | fossil |
| 墨水 | mò shuǐ | ink; measure word: 瓶 (píng) |
| 墨镜 (墨鏡) | mò jìng | sunglasses; measure word: 副 (fù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “graphite”.
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.