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Chinese symbol for “irradiation”

辐照
fú zhào
Traditional: 輻照
irradiation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for irradiation is 辐照 (fú zhào), defined as: irradiation.

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Characters and stroke order

辐 fú
ray, spoke
radical 159 ⾞ · 13 strokes
照 zhào
to shine, to reflect, to illuminate
radical 86 ⽕ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 辐照.

WordPinyinMeaning
辐射 (輻射)fú shèto radiate; radiation
核辐射 (核輻射)hé fú shènuclear radiation
热辐射 (熱輻射)rè fú shèthermal radiation
辐射能 (輻射能)fú shè néngradiation energy (e.g. solar)
辐射源 (輻射源)fú shè yuánradiation source
照片zhào piànphotograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú)
按照àn zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; on the basis of
照顾 (照顧)zhào guto take care of; to show consideration

See also: Japanese symbol for “irradiation”.

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.