钾
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potassium (chemistry)
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 金 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鉀
- Common rank
- #2,751
- Unicode
- U+94BE
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 钾
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山梨酸钾 | potassium sorbate, E202 (a food preservative) | |
| 氢氧化钾 | potassium hydroxide | |
| 氯化钾 | potassium chloride | |
| 碳酸钾 | potassium carbonate | |
| 氯酸钾 | potassium chlorate | |
| 山奈钾 | potassium cyanide KCN | |
| 硫酸钾 | potassium sulfate | |
| 氰化钾 | potassium cyanide KCN | |
| 硝酸钾 | potassium nitrate | |
| 高锰酸钾 | potassium permanganate | |
| 钾盐 | potassium chloride KCl | |
| 苛性钾 | caustic potash; potassium hydroxide KOH | |
| 醋磺内酯钾 | acesulfame potassium; acesulfame K (an artificial sweetener) | |
| 溴化钾 | potassium bromide | |
| 碘化钾 | potassium iodide |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 甲 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲 sound part | armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem | |
| 鸭 | duck; Anas species (various) | |
| 押 | to arrest, to detain; to deposit, to pledge; mortgage | |
| 闸 | sluice, floodgate, canal lock | |
| 匣 | case, coffer, small box | |
| 岬 | cape; promontory, headland | |
| 狎 | to be familiar with; to disrespect | |
| 呷 | to swallow, to suck, to drink | |
| 胛 | shoulder; shoulder blade | |
| 柙 | a cage or pen for wild animals |