Chinese symbol for “magnetic”
磁
cí
magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
The closest CC-CEDICT match for magnetic is 磁 (cí), defined as: magnetic; magnetism; porcelain.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “magnetic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磁场 (磁場) | cí chǎng | magnetic field |
| 磁带 (磁帶) | cí dài | magnetic tape; 盘 (pán),盒 (hé) |
| 电磁 (電磁) | diàn cí | electromagnetism |
| 磁性 | cí xìng | magnetic; magnetism |
| 磁盘 (磁盤) | cí pán | (computer) disk |
| 电磁波 (電磁波) | diàn cí bō | electromagnetic wave |
See also: Japanese symbol for “magnetic”.
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.