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Chinese symbol for “hydrochloride”

盐酸盐
yán suān yán
Traditional: 鹽酸鹽
chloride; hydrochloride (chemistry)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hydrochloride is 盐酸盐 (yán suān yán), defined as: chloride; hydrochloride (chemistry).

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Characters and stroke order

盐 yán
salt
radical 108 ⽫ · 10 strokes
酸 suān
tart, sour; spoiled; acid
radical 164 ⾣ · 14 strokes
盐
盐 yán
salt
radical 108 ⽫ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 盐酸盐.

WordPinyinMeaning
食盐 (食鹽)shí yánedible salt; table salt
海盐 (海鹽)hǎi yánsea salt
盐水 (鹽水)yán shuǐsalt water; brine
盐酸 (鹽酸)yán suānhydrochloric acid
盐业 (鹽業)yán yèsalt industry
盐湖 (鹽湖)yán húsalt lake
氨基酸ān jī suānamino acid
酸性suān xìngacidity

See also: Japanese symbol for “hydrochloride”.

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.