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氦

hài

Character

What 氦 means

1. helium (chemistry)

Words starting with 氦

• 氦气hài qìhelium (gas)
• 氦气球hài qì qiúhelium balloon

Characters built on 亥

These share the phonetic component 亥 (hài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 孩hái(bound form) child
• 骸háibones of the body
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 赅gāicomplete; full
• 陔gāistep; terrace
• 垓gāiboundary
• 胲hǎihydroxylamine (chemistry)

Characters that look like 氦

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

• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 氟fúfluorine (chemistry)
• 氢qīnghydrogen (chemistry)
• 氩yàargon (chemistry)
• 氡dōngradon (chemistry)
• 氪kèkrypton (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read hài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 害to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 骇to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 亥12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the…
• 嗐exclamation of regret
• 餀tainted food