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砷

shēn

Character

What 砷 means

1. arsenic (chemistry)

Words starting with 砷

• 砷中毒shēn zhòng dúarsenic poisoning
• 砷化氢shēn huà qīngarsine
• 砷制剂shēn zhì jìarsphenamine
• 砷凡纳明shēn fán nà míngarsphenamine
• 砷化镓shēn huà jiāgallium arsenide (GaAs)

Words containing 砷

• 亚砷yà shēnarsenous
• 亚砷酸yà shēn suānarsenous acid
• 二甲基砷酸èr jiǎ jī shēn suāndimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H; cacodylic acid

Characters built on 申

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

• 审shěnto examine; to investigate; carefully
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 伸shēnto stretch; to extend
• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 绅shēnmember of gentry
• 抻chēnto pull; to stretch; to draw sth out
• 胂shènarsine

Characters that look like 砷

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

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 昨zuóyesterday
• 畔pàn(bound form) side; edge; boundary
• 衅xìnquarrel; dispute; a blood sacrifice (arch.)
• 砰pēng(onomatopoeia) bang; thump
• 峙zhì(literary) to tower aloft

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身body; life; oneself
• 深(lit. and fig.) deep
• 申to extend; to state; to explain
• 伸to stretch; to extend
• 呻(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 绅member of gentry
• 莘long; numerous
• 参ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
• 娠pregnant
• 甡multitude; crowd
• 燊brisk; vigorous (of fire)
• 珅a kind of jade