Chinese symbol for “radium”
镭
léi
Traditional: 鐳
radium (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for radium is 镭 (léi), defined as: radium (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镭射 (鐳射) | léi shè | laser (loanword); Taiwanese term for 激光 (jī guāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “radium”.
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.