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Chinese symbol for “tourmaline”

电气石
diàn qì shí
Traditional: 電氣石
tourmaline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tourmaline is 电气石 (diàn qì shí), defined as: tourmaline.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes
石 shí
stone, rock, mineral
radical 112 ⽯ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tourmaline”

WordPinyinMeaning
碧玺 (碧璽)bì xǐtourmaline

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电气石.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum

See also: Japanese symbol for “tourmaline”.

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.

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