Chinese symbol for “smelt”
冶
yě
to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for smelt is 冶 (yě), defined as: to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “smelt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镕 (鎔) | róng | to smelt; to fuse |
| 熔 | róng | to smelt; to fuse |
| 熔炼 (熔煉) | róng liàn | to smelt |
| 炼 (煉) | liàn | to refine; to smelt |
| 烊 | yáng | molten; smelt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冶金 | yě jīn | metallurgy |
| 冶炼 (冶煉) | yě liàn | to smelt metal |
| 陶冶 | táo yě | lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate |
| 冶金学 (冶金學) | yě jīn xué | metallurgy |
| 妖冶 | yāo yě | pretty and flirtatious |
| 冶铸 (冶鑄) | yě zhù | to smelt and cast |
See also: Japanese symbol for “smelt”.
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.