Chinese symbol for “iodine”
碘
diǎn
iodine (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for iodine is 碘 (diǎn), defined as: iodine (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 碘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 碘化钾 (碘化鉀) | diǎn huà jiǎ | potassium iodide |
| 碘化银 (碘化銀) | diǎn huà yín | silver iodide |
| 碘化钠 (碘化鈉) | diǎn huà nà | sodium iodide NaI |
| 碘酸 | diǎn suān | iodic acid |
| 放射性碘 | fàng shè xìng diǎn | radioactive iodine |
| 碘伏 | diǎn fú | iodophor; (esp.) povidone-iodine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “iodine”.
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.