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氘

dāo

Character

What 氘 means

1. deuterium 2H
2. heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2

Words starting with 氘

• 氘核dāo hédeuteron

Characters that look like 氘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 芭bāan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 甩shuǎito throw; to fling; to swing
• 匝zā(literary) to encircle; to go around; to surround; (literary) whole; full…
• 氙xiānxenon (chemistry)
• 氚chuān(chemistry) tritium
• 氖nǎineon (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read dāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 刀knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 叨garrulous
• 忉grieved
• 舠kayak
• 鱽Coilia ectenes
• 刂Kangxi radical 18 (刀

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• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dāo correctly.
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