Chinese symbol for “sodium”
钠
nà
Traditional: 鈉
sodium (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sodium is 钠 (nà), defined as: sodium (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 钠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氢氧化钠 (氫氧化鈉) | qīng yǎng huà nà | sodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda |
| 氯化钠 (氯化鈉) | lǜ huà nà | sodium chloride NaCl; common salt |
| 碳酸钠 (碳酸鈉) | tàn suān nà | soda; sodium carbonate (chemistry) |
| 硫酸钠 (硫酸鈉) | liú suān nà | sodium sulfate |
| 碳酸氢钠 (碳酸氫鈉) | tàn suān qīng nà | sodium bicarbonate |
| 亚硝酸钠 (亞硝酸鈉) | yà xiāo suān nà | sodium nitrite |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sodium”.
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.