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Chinese symbol for “paraffin”

巴拿芬
bā ná fēn
paraffin; variant of 石蜡 (shí là)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for paraffin is 巴拿芬 (bā ná fēn), defined as: paraffin; variant of 石蜡 (shí là).

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Characters and stroke order

巴 bā
to desire, to wish for
radical 49 ⼰ · 4 strokes
拿 ná
to bring, to grasp, to hold, to take
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes
芬 fēn
aroma, fragrance, perfume
radical 140 ⾋ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 巴拿芬.

WordPinyinMeaning
巴士bā shìbus (loanword); motor coach
鸡巴 (雞巴)jī badick; penis (vulgar)
嘴巴zuǐ bamouth (张 (zhāng)); slap in the face
尾巴wěi batail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
下巴xià bachin
巴巴bā bā(suffix) very; extremely
拿到ná dàoto get; to obtain
拿出ná chūto take out; to put out
芬芳fēn fāngperfume; fragrant

See also: Japanese symbol for “paraffin”.

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.