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Chinese symbol for “hydrophilic”

亲水性
qīn shuǐ xìng
Traditional: 親水性
hydrophilic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hydrophilic is 亲水性 (qīn shuǐ xìng), defined as: hydrophilic.

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Characters and stroke order

亲 qīn
relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
radical 8 ⼇ · 9 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 亲水性.

WordPinyinMeaning
母亲 (母親)mǔ qīnmother
父亲 (父親)fù qīnfather; also pr. [fu4 qin5]
亲自 (親自)qīn zìpersonally; in person
亲爱 (親愛)qīn àidear; beloved
亲戚 (親戚)qīn qia relative (i.e. family relation); 门 (mén),个 (gè),位 (wèi)
亲人 (親人)qīn rénone's close relatives
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “hydrophilic”.

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.