Chinese symbol for “magnesium”
镁
měi
Traditional: 鎂
magnesium (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for magnesium is 镁 (měi), defined as: magnesium (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镁光灯 (鎂光燈) | měi guāng dēng | magnesium flashbulb; (fig.) media spotlight; public attention |
| 氧化镁 (氧化鎂) | yǎng huà měi | magnesium oxide MgO |
| 硫酸镁 (硫酸鎂) | liú suān měi | magnesium sulfate |
| 菱镁矿 (菱鎂礦) | líng měi kuàng | magnesite; magnesium ore |
| 镁粉 (鎂粉) | měi fěn | magnesium powder (used in pyrotechnics etc); (sports) gym chalk (magnesium carbonate), used as a drying agent on the hands of gymnasts, weig |
| 氢氧化镁 (氫氧化鎂) | qīng yǎng huà měi | magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “magnesium”.
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.