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Chinese symbol for “magnetization”

起磁
qǐ cí
magnetization; to magnetize

The closest CC-CEDICT match for magnetization is 起磁 (qǐ cí), defined as: magnetization; to magnetize.

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Characters and stroke order

起 qǐ
to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes
磁 cí
magnetic; porcelain
radical 112 ⽯ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 起磁.

WordPinyinMeaning
起来 (起來)qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
引起yǐn qǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
看起来 (看起來)kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
想起xiǎng qǐto recall; to think of
磁场 (磁場)cí chǎngmagnetic field
磁带 (磁帶)cí dàimagnetic tape; 盘 (pán),盒 (hé)
电磁 (電磁)diàn cíelectromagnetism

See also: Japanese symbol for “magnetization”.

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.