Chinese symbol for “hydrogen”
氢
qīng
Traditional: 氫
hydrogen (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hydrogen is 氢 (qīng), defined as: hydrogen (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hydrogen”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 氢.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氢弹 (氫彈) | qīng dàn | H-bomb; hydrogen bomb |
| 氢气 (氫氣) | qīng qì | hydrogen (gas) |
| 硫化氢 (硫化氫) | liú huà qīng | hydrogen sulfide H2S; sulfureted hydrogen |
| 氢原子 (氫原子) | qīng yuán zǐ | hydrogen atom |
| 氢化 (氫化) | qīng huà | hydrogenation |
| 氢氧化钠 (氫氧化鈉) | qīng yǎng huà nà | sodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hydrogen”.
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.