Japanese symbol for “valence”
価
か
Romaji: ka
valence; valency
In Japanese, valence is 価, read か (ka).
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Meanings
- ctr, n-suf valence; valency (chem)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “valence”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原子価 | げんしか genshika | valence; valency |
| 数価 | すうか suuka | valence |
| 結合価 | けつごうか ketsugouka | valence; valency |
| 価数 | かすう kasuu | valence |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 評価 | ひょうか hyouka | valuation; appraisal; evaluation |
| 価値 | かち kachi | value; worth; merit |
| 価格 | かかく kakaku | price; value; cost |
| 定価 | ていか teika | list price; regular price; established price |
| 高価 | こうか kouka | highly priced; expensive; valuable |
| 物価 | ぶっか bukka | prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living |
See also: Chinese symbol for “valence”.
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.