Chinese symbol for “zinc”
锌
xīn
Traditional: 鋅
zinc (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for zinc is 锌 (xīn), defined as: zinc (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氧化锌 (氧化鋅) | yǎng huà xīn | zinc oxide |
| 镀锌 (鍍鋅) | dù xīn | galvanized; zinc-coated |
| 氯化锌 (氯化鋅) | lǜ huà xīn | zinc chloride |
See also: Japanese symbol for “zinc”.
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.