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Chinese symbol for “positron”

正电子
zhèng diàn zǐ
Traditional: 正電子
positron (antiparticle of the electron)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for positron is 正电子 (zhèng diàn zǐ), defined as: positron (antiparticle of the electron).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

正 zhèng
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
radical 77 ⽌ · 5 strokes
电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
子 zǐ
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “positron”

WordPinyinMeaning
正子zhèng zǐpositron; also called 正电子 (zhèng diàn zǐ)
阳电子 (陽電子)yáng diàn zǐpositron; also called 正电子 (zhèng diàn zǐ)
反电子 (反電子)fǎn diàn zǐpositron; also called 正电子 (zhèng diàn zǐ)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 正电子.

WordPinyinMeaning
正在zhèng zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
正式zhèng shìformal; official
正常zhèng chángnormal; regular
正确 (正確)zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper
正是zhèng shìis precisely
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
孩子hái zichild

See also: Japanese symbol for “positron”.

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.