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Chinese symbol for “reagent”

试剂
shì jì
Traditional: 試劑
reagent

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reagent is 试剂 (shì jì), defined as: reagent.

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Characters and stroke order

试 shì
to try, to experiment; exam, test
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes
剂 jì
dose; medicine; measure word for medicines
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “reagent”

WordPinyinMeaning
活性剂 (活性劑)huó xìng jìreagent (chemistry)
试液 (試液)shì yèreagent; test solution
助剂 (助劑)zhù jìadditive; reagent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 试剂.

WordPinyinMeaning
测试 (測試)cè shìto test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area)
考试 (考試)kǎo shìto take an exam; exam
试图 (試圖)shì túto attempt; to try
尝试 (嘗試)cháng shìto try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
试验 (試驗)shì yànexperiment; test
面试 (面試)miàn shìto be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
剂量 (劑量)jì liàngdosage; prescribed dose of medicine
调剂 (調劑)tiáo jìto adjust; to redistribute (resources etc); (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace

See also: Japanese symbol for “reagent”.

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.