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硅

guī

Character

What 硅 means

1. silicon (chemistry)

Words starting with 硅

• 硅谷Guī gǔSilicon Valley
• 硅基guī jīsilicon-based
• 硅棒guī bàngsilicon rod
• 硅沙guī shāsilicon sand
• 硅片guī piànsilicon chip
• 硅石guī shísiliceous rock
• 硅脂guī zhīsilicone grease
• 硅胶guī jiāosilica gel; silicone rubber
• 硅质guī zhìsiliceous; containing silica
• 硅酸guī suānsilicic acid; silicate
• 硅化木guī huà mùpetrified wood (geology)
• 硅晶片guī jīng piànsilicon chip
• 硅橡胶guī xiàng jiāosilicone rubber
• 硅灰石guī huī shíwollastonite CaSiO3
• 硅质岩guī zhì yánsiliceous rock (mostly composed of silica)
• 硅酸盐guī suān yánsilicate
• 硅铝质guī lǚ zhìsial rock…
• 硅酸盐水泥guī suān yán shuǐ níPortland cement
• 硅酸氟铝guī suān fú lǚaluminum fluorosilicate
• 硅酮guī tóngsilicone
• 硅藻guī zǎodiatom (single-celled phytoplankton)
• 硅藻门guī zǎo ménBacillariophyta, phylum of diatom single-celled phytoplankton
• 硅肺病guī fèi bìngsee 矽肺病

Words containing 硅

• 可控硅kě kòng guī(electronics) silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR); thyristor
• 多晶硅duō jīng guīpolycrystalline silicon (used in electronics)
• 碳化硅tàn huà guīsilicon carbide; carborundum
• 氟硅酸fú guī suānfluorosilicic acid H2SiF6; fluorosilicate
• 二氧化硅èr yǎng huà guīsilicon dioxide (SiO2)
• 四氟化硅sì fú huà guīsilicon tetrafluoride SiF4

Characters built on 圭

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

• 奎kuícrotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze
• 恚huìrage
• 跬kuǐbrief; short step
• 筀guìbamboo (archaic)

Characters that look like 硅

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

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 校xiào(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 硫liúsulfur (chemistry)
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔

Sounds the same

Read guī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 规compass; a rule; regulation
• 归to return; to go back to; to give back to
• 龟tortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 瑰(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 圭jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 闺small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 沩name of a river in Shanxi
• 皈to comply with; to follow
• 鲑trout; salmon
• 傀grand; strange; exotic
• 槻zelkova tree
• 巂cuckoo; revolution of a wheel