Japanese symbol for “hydride”

水素化物

すいそかぶつ

Romaji: suisokabutsu

hydride

In Japanese, hydride is 水素化物, read すいそかぶつ (suisokabutsu).

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Meanings

n hydride

Kanji and stroke order

水

water

on: スイ
kun: みず、みず-

4 strokes · JLPT 4

素

elementary, principle, naked

on: ソ、ス
kun: もと

10 strokes · JLPT 1

化

change, take the form of, influence

on: カ、ケ
kun: ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する

4 strokes · JLPT 2

物

thing, object, matter

on: ブツ、モツ
kun: もの、もの-

8 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
水着	みずぎ mizugi	bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
水準	すいじゅん suijun	level; standard
水道	すいどう suidou	water supply; water service; waterworks
水素	すいそ suiso	hydrogen (H)
水分	すいぶん suibun	water; liquid; fluid
水泳	すいえい suiei	swimming
要素	ようそ youso	element; component; factor
素材	そざい sozai	ingredient; (raw) material; resource
文化	ぶんか bunka	culture; civilization; civilisation
動物	どうぶつ doubutsu	animal

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.