Skip to content

氟

Tap the pinyin to hear it

fluorine (chemistry)

Make a writing worksheet

Strokes
9
Radical
气 +5
Structure
Upper-right enclosure 右上包
Traditional
氟
Common rank
#2,311
Unicode
U+6C1F

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 氟 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

气 meaning “gas” + 弗 sound ( fú )

Components 气 弗

Words with 氟

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
氟化物 fú huà wù fluoride
特氟龙 tè fú lóng Teflon; polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
左氧氟沙星 zuǒ yǎng fú shā xīng levofloxacin (broad-spectrum antibacterial agent)
氟骨病 fú gǔ bìng see 氟骨症[fu2 gu3 zheng4]
铁氟龙 tiě fú lóng (Tw) Teflon; polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
氟骨症 fú gǔ zhèng osteofluorosis; skeletal fluorosis
丙酸氟替卡松 bǐng suān fú tì kǎ sōng fluticasone propionate
四氟化硅 sì fú huà guī silicon tetrafluoride SiF4
氟化 fú huà fluoridation; fluorination
六氟化硫 liù fú huà liú sulfur hexafluoride
氟石 fú shí fluorite CaF2; fluorspar; fluor
加氟 jiā fú to fluoridate (a public water supply)
聚四氟乙烯 jù sì fú yǐ xī polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (often referred to by the trademark Teflon)
氟化氢 fú huà qīng hydrofluoric acid
氟利昂 fú lì áng freon (chemistry)
四氟化铀 sì fú huà yóu uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)
氢氟酸 qīng fú suān hydrofluoric acid HF
六氟化铀 liù fú huà yóu uranium hexafluoride (UF6)
氟硅酸 fú guī suān fluorosilicic acid H2SiF6; fluorosilicate
三氟化硼 sān fú huà péng boron trifluoride

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 弗 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
弗 sound part fú not, negative
费 fèi expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
佛 fú Buddha; Buddhist
沸 fèi to boil, to bubble up, to gush
拂 fú to shake off, to brush away; dust
怫 fú anxious; depressed; sorry
狒 fèi baboon
绋 fú thick rope; the rope around a bier
砩 fú to build a dam with rocks
茀 fú weeds; overgrowth
艴 fú angry, showing emotion on one's face