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Chinese symbol for “valence”

化合价
huà hé jià
Traditional: 化合價
valence (chemistry)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for valence is 化合价 (huà hé jià), defined as: valence (chemistry).

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

化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
合 hé
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
价 jià
price, value
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “valence”

WordPinyinMeaning
效价 (效價)xiào jiàpotency; titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)
价 (價)jiàprice; value
配价 (配價)pèi jià(linguistics) valence; valency

Related words

Other words that share a character with 化合价.

WordPinyinMeaning
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)
化学 (化學)huà xuéchemistry; chemical
强化 (強化)qiáng huàto strengthen; to intensify
转化 (轉化)zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
综合 (綜合)zōng hécomprehensive; composite
价值 (價值)jià zhívalue; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values

See also: Japanese symbol for “valence”.

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.