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Chinese symbol for “proton”

质子
zhì zǐ
Traditional: 質子
proton (positively charged nuclear particle); a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China

The closest CC-CEDICT match for proton is 质子 (zhì zǐ), defined as: proton (positively charged nuclear particle); a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China.

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

质 zhì
essence, nature; material, substance
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
子 zǐ
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 质子.

WordPinyinMeaning
质量 (質量)zhì liàng(physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence)
物质 (物質)wù zhìmatter; substance
性质 (性質)xìng zhìnature; characteristic
本质 (本質)běn zhìessence; nature
素质 (素質)sù zhìinner quality; basic essence
品质 (品質)pǐn zhìcharacter; intrinsic quality (of a person)
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison

See also: Japanese symbol for “proton”.

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.

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