氮
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nitrogen (chemistry)
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 气 +8
- Structure
- Upper-right enclosure 右上包
- Traditional
- 氮
- Common rank
- #2,838
- Unicode
- U+6C2E
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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Words with 氮
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一氧化二氮 | nitrous oxide N2O; laughing gas | |
| 一氧化氮 | nitric oxide | |
| 氮氧化物 | nitrogen oxide | |
| 二氧化氮 | nitrogen dioxide | |
| 有机氮 | organic nitrogen | |
| 氮气 | nitrogen | |
| 氮芥气 | nitrogen mustard | |
| 液氮 | liquid nitrogen | |
| 固氮 | nitrogen fixation | |
| 氮烯 | nitrene (chemistry) | |
| 苯二氮䓬 | (organic chemistry, pharmacology) benzodiazepine | |
| 氮化镓 | gallium nitride (GaN) | |
| 氮泵 | pre-workout (supplement) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 炎 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炎 sound part | flame, blaze; hot | |
| 谈 | to talk, to chat; conversation; surname | |
| 淡 | watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless | |
| 毯 | rug, carpet, blanket | |
| 痰 | mucus, phlegm, spit | |
| 啖 | to feed; to eat; to chew, to bite; to entice | |
| 郯 | an ancient city; surname | |
| 剡 | sharp, pointed; to sharpen | |
| 赕 | fine, penalty | |
| 锬 | long spear |