Chinese symbol for “nuclear”
核子
hé zǐ
nuclear; nucleus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nuclear is 核子 (hé zǐ), defined as: nuclear; nucleus.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “nuclear”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核 | hé | pit; stone |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 核子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核心 | hé xīn | core; nucleus |
| 考核 | kǎo hé | to examine; to check up on |
| 审核 (審核) | shěn hé | to audit; to investigate thoroughly |
| 核武器 | hé wǔ qì | nuclear weapon |
| 核准 | hé zhǔn | to authorize; to investigate then ratify |
| 核电 (核電) | hé diàn | nuclear power |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nuclear”.
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.