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Chinese symbol for “sulfate”

硫酸盐
liú suān yán
Traditional: 硫酸鹽
sulfate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sulfate is 硫酸盐 (liú suān yán), defined as: sulfate.

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Characters and stroke order

硫 liú
sulfur
radical 112 ⽯ · 12 strokes
酸 suān
tart, sour; spoiled; acid
radical 164 ⾣ · 14 strokes
盐 yán
salt
radical 108 ⽫ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 硫酸盐.

WordPinyinMeaning
硫酸liú suānsulfuric acid
二氧化硫èr yǎng huà liúsulfur dioxide SO2
硫磺liú huángvariant of 硫黄 (liú huáng)
硫化liú huàvulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat)
硫化氢 (硫化氫)liú huà qīnghydrogen sulfide H2S; sulfureted hydrogen
氨基酸ān jī suānamino acid
酸性suān xìngacidity
酸奶suān nǎiyogurt
食盐 (食鹽)shí yánedible salt; table salt

See also: Japanese symbol for “sulfate”.

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.