硝
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saltpeter; to tan (leather)
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 石 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 硝
- Common rank
- #2,268
- Unicode
- U+785D
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 硝
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硝化甘油 | nitroglycerine | |
| 亚硝酸 | nitrous acid | |
| 亚硝酸盐 | nitrite | |
| 硝酸甘油 | nitroglycerine | |
| 三硝基甲苯 | trinitrotoluene (TNT) | |
| 硝酸银 | silver nitrate | |
| 硝酸盐 | nitrate | |
| 硝石 | niter; saltpeter; potassium nitrate KNO3 | |
| 亚硝酸钠 | sodium nitrite | |
| 亚硝酸异戊酯 | amyl nitrite | |
| 硝酸 | nitric acid | |
| 硝化棉 | nitrocellulose; guncotton | |
| 亚硝胺 | nitrosamine | |
| 硝基苯 | nitrobenzene; benzoil nitrate (chemistry) | |
| 硝烟 | smoke (from guns) | |
| 硝烟滚滚 | (idiom) smoke billows from the raging battle | |
| 硝酸钠 | sodium nitrate | |
| 硝酸钙 | calcium nitrate | |
| 硝酸钾 | potassium nitrate | |
| 甲硝唑 | metronidazole (antibacterial agent); Flagyl (trade name) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肖 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肖 sound part | to resemble, to look like; to be like | |
| 消 | news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish | |
| 销 | to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell | |
| 哨 | to whistle; to chirp | |
| 削 | to pare, to scrape, to trim | |
| 屑 | bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile | |
| 宵 | night, evening, darkness | |
| 鞘 | scabbard, sheath | |
| 梢 | the tip of a branch; rudder | |
| 悄 | quiet, silent, still; anxious | |
| 筲 | basket, bucket | |
| 蛸 | octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest | |
| 峭 | steep, precipitous, rugged | |
| 逍 | to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter | |
| 捎 | to carry, to take; to select | |
| 艄 | the stern of a ship | |
| 魈 | mischievious mountain spirit | |
| 诮 | to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize | |
| 绡 | raw silk |