Chinese symbol for “sulfur”
硫
liú
sulfur (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sulfur is 硫 (liú), defined as: sulfur (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sulfur”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 硫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硫酸 | liú suān | sulfuric acid |
| 二氧化硫 | èr yǎng huà liú | sulfur dioxide SO2 |
| 硫磺 | liú huáng | variant of 硫黄 (liú huáng) |
| 硫化 | liú huà | vulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat) |
| 硫化氢 (硫化氫) | liú huà qīng | hydrogen sulfide H2S; sulfureted hydrogen |
| 硫酸盐 (硫酸鹽) | liú suān yán | sulfate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sulfur”.
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.