Chinese symbol for “lithium”
锂
lǐ
Traditional: 鋰
lithium (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lithium is 锂 (lǐ), defined as: lithium (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锂电池 (鋰電池) | lǐ diàn chí | lithium battery |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lithium”.
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.