钠
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sodium (chemistry)
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 金 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鈉
- Common rank
- #2,195
- Unicode
- U+94A0
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Formation & memory
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Words with 钠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 次亚硫酸钠 | sodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo) | |
| 二氯异三聚氰酸钠 | sodium dichloroisocyanurate | |
| 鸟苷酸二钠 | disodium guanylate (E627) | |
| 苯甲酸钠 | sodium benzoate, E211 (a food preservative) | |
| 氢氧化钠 | sodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda | |
| 谷氨酸钠 | monosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621) | |
| 双氯芬酸钠 | diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as p… | |
| 亚硝酸钠 | sodium nitrite | |
| 氯化钠 | sodium chloride NaCl; common salt | |
| 硫代硫酸钠 | sodium hyposulfide; sodium thiosulfate | |
| 肌苷酸二钠 | disodium inosinate (E631) | |
| 碳酸钠 | soda; sodium carbonate (chemistry) | |
| 二氯苯胺苯乙酸钠 | diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as pai… | |
| 氯酸钠 | sodium chlorate NaClO3 | |
| 碳酸氢钠 | sodium bicarbonate | |
| 二硫基丙磺酸钠 | sodium dimercaptosulfanate | |
| 戊巴比妥钠 | pentasorbital sodium (a sedative) | |
| 硫酸钠 | sodium sulfate | |
| 磷酸钠 | sodium phosphate (Na3PO4), inorganic salt used in detergents and food processing | |
| 氰化钠 | sodium cyanide NaCN |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 内 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内 sound part | inside | |
| 纳 | to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take | |
| 讷 | inarticulate, slow; to mumble, to stammer | |
| 呐 | to raise one's voice; to yell, to shout; to stammer | |
| 芮 | tiny, small; the water's edge | |
| 枘 | a handle for a tool | |
| 肭 | fat, blubber; a seal | |
| 衲 | to sew, to mend; quilt; patch; cassock | |
| 蚋 | mosquito, gnat |