铀
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uranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [you4]
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 金 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鈾
- Common rank
- #2,946
- Unicode
- U+94C0
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 铀
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二氧化铀 | uranium dioxide | |
| 天然铀 | natural uranium | |
| 氧化铀 | uranium oxide | |
| 四氟化铀 | uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) | |
| 高浓缩铀 | highly enriched uranium (HEU) | |
| 六氟化铀 | uranium hexafluoride (UF6) | |
| 低浓缩铀 | low-enriched uranium (LEU) | |
| 浓集铀 | enriched uranium | |
| 沥青铀矿 | pitchblende (uranium ore) | |
| 浓缩铀 | enriched uranium | |
| 铀浓缩 | uranium enrichment | |
| 贫铀 | depleted uranium (D-38) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 由 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 由 sound part | cause, reason; from | |
| 油 | oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints | |
| 抽 | to draw out, to pull out; to sprout | |
| 轴 | axle, pivot, shaft; axis | |
| 邮 | mail; post office | |
| 袖 | sleeve | |
| 宙 | space, time, space-time | |
| 鼬 | weasel, mustela itatis | |
| 釉 | enamel, glaze | |
| 岫 | mountain peak; cave, cavern | |
| 柚 | grapefruit, pomelo | |
| 蚰 | millipede | |
| 妯 | sister-in law | |
| 舳 | the stern of a ship |