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Chinese symbol for “hydroxide”

氢氧化物
qīng yǎng huà wù
Traditional: 氫氧化物
a hydroxide

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hydroxide is 氢氧化物 (qīng yǎng huà wù), defined as: a hydroxide.

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Characters and stroke order

氢 qīng
ammonia
radical 84 ⽓ · 9 strokes
氧 yǎng
oxygen
radical 84 ⽓ · 10 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 氢氧化物.

WordPinyinMeaning
氢弹 (氫彈)qīng dànH-bomb; hydrogen bomb
氢气 (氫氣)qīng qìhydrogen (gas)
硫化氢 (硫化氫)liú huà qīnghydrogen sulfide H2S; sulfureted hydrogen
氢原子 (氫原子)qīng yuán zǐhydrogen atom
氢化 (氫化)qīng huàhydrogenation
氢氧化钠 (氫氧化鈉)qīng yǎng huà nàsodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda
氧气 (氧氣)yǎng qìoxygen
氧化yǎng huàto oxidize
文化wén huàculture; civilization
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hydroxide”.

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.