氯
chlorine (chemistry)
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,431 U+6C2F
How 氯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
气 (semantic, “gas”) + 录 (phonetic, lù)
How to remember it
chlorine · Heisig RSH #2837
气 air + snowman
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 录
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 录 (lù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 录 sound component | lù | to copy, to record, to write down |
| 绿 | lǜ | green; chlorine |
| 禄 | lù | blessing, happiness, prosperity |
| 剥 | bāo | to peel, to skin; to exploit |
| 碌 | lù | rocky, rough, uneven; mediocre |
| 渌 | lù | to strain |
| 逯 | lù | to leave without a reason; surname |
Words containing 氯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三氯化铁 | sān lǜ huà tiě | ferric chloride FeCl3 |
| 氯化物 | lǜ huà wù | chloride |
| 氯化苦 | lǜ huà kǔ | chloropicrin |
| 氯化银 | lǜ huà yín | silver chloride AgCl |
| 氯单质 | lǜ dān zhì | molecular chlorine |
| 次氯酸 | cì lǜ suān | hypochlorous acid HOCl (bleach) |
| 氯气 | lǜ qì | chlorine |
| 四氯化碳 | sì lǜ huà tàn | carbon tetrachloride |
| 三氯化磷 | sān lǜ huà lín | phosphorous trichloride |
| 氯酸 | lǜ suān | chloric acid HClO3; chlorate |
| 多氯联苯 | duō lǜ lián běn | polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) |
| 双氯灭痛 | shuāng lǜ miè tòng | diclofenac painkiller; also called 扶他林 |
| 二氯异三聚氰酸钠 | èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà | sodium dichloroisocyanurate |
| 氯化氢 | lǜ huà qīng | hydrogen chloride HCl |
| 三氯氧磷 | sān lǜ yǎng lín | phosphorous oxychloride |
| 二氯胺 | èr lǜ àn | (chemistry) dichloramine |
| 三氯甲烷 | sān lǜ jiǎ wán | chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3) |
| 二氯甲烷 | èr lǜ jiǎ wán | dichloromethane |
| 氯安酮 | lǜ ān tóng | see 氯胺酮[lu:4 an4 tong2]; ketamine |
| 氢氯酸 | qīng lǜ suān | hydrochloric acid HCl; also written 鹽酸|盐酸[yan2 suan1] |