Chinese symbol for “silicon”
硅
guī
silicon (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for silicon is 硅 (guī), defined as: silicon (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “silicon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矽 | xī | (Tw) silicon (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [xi4] |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 硅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硅胶 (硅膠) | guī jiāo | silica gel; silicone rubber |
| 硅酸盐 (硅酸鹽) | guī suān yán | silicate |
| 二氧化硅 | èr yǎng huà guī | silicon dioxide (SiO2) |
| 硅藻 | guī zǎo | diatom (single-celled phytoplankton) |
| 多晶硅 | duō jīng guī | polycrystalline silicon (used in electronics) |
| 硅橡胶 (硅橡膠) | guī xiàng jiāo | silicone rubber |
See also: Japanese symbol for “silicon”.
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.