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Chinese symbol for “silicate”

硅酸盐
guī suān yán
Traditional: 硅酸鹽
silicate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for silicate is 硅酸盐 (guī suān yán), defined as: silicate.

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Characters and stroke order

硅 guī
silicon
radical 112 ⽯ · 11 strokes
酸 suān
tart, sour; spoiled; acid
radical 164 ⾣ · 14 strokes
盐 yán
salt
radical 108 ⽫ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “silicate”

WordPinyinMeaning
硅酸guī suānsilicic acid; silicate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 硅酸盐.

WordPinyinMeaning
硅胶 (硅膠)guī jiāosilica gel; silicone rubber
二氧化硅èr yǎng huà guīsilicon dioxide (SiO2)
硅藻guī zǎodiatom (single-celled phytoplankton)
多晶硅duō jīng guīpolycrystalline silicon (used in electronics)
硅橡胶 (硅橡膠)guī xiàng jiāosilicone rubber
氨基酸ān jī suānamino acid
酸性suān xìngacidity
硫酸liú suānsulfuric acid
食盐 (食鹽)shí yánedible salt; table salt

See also: Japanese symbol for “silicate”.

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.