Chinese symbol for “halogen”
卤素
lǔ sù
Traditional: 鹵素
halogen (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for halogen is 卤素 (lǔ sù), defined as: halogen (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “halogen”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卤 (鹵) | lǔ | alkaline soil; salt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卤素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卤化 (鹵化) | lǔ huà | to halogenate; halogenation (chemistry) |
| 卤代烃 (鹵代烴) | lǔ dài tīng | haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs) |
| 卤化物 (鹵化物) | lǔ huà wù | halide (i.e. fluoride, chloride, bromide etc) |
| 卤水 (鹵水) | lǔ shuǐ | brine; bittern |
| 卤味 (滷味) | lǔ wèi | food braised in soy sauce and spices |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
| 素质 (素質) | sù zhì | inner quality; basic essence |
| 元素 | yuán sù | element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element |
See also: Japanese symbol for “halogen”.
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.