Chinese symbol for “nitrogen”
氮
dàn
nitrogen (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nitrogen is 氮 (dàn), defined as: nitrogen (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “nitrogen”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 氮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氮气 (氮氣) | dàn qì | nitrogen |
| 氮氧化物 | dàn yǎng huà wù | nitrogen oxide |
| 液氮 | yè dàn | liquid nitrogen |
| 固氮 | gù dàn | nitrogen fixation |
| 二氧化氮 | èr yǎng huà dàn | nitrogen dioxide |
| 一氧化氮 | yī yǎng huà dàn | nitric oxide |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nitrogen”.
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.