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磷

lín

Character

What 磷 means

1. chemistryphosphorus

Other readings

磷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• línvariant of {磷|lín}
• línvariant of {磷|lín}

Words starting with 磷

• 磷光lín guāngphosphorescence
• 磷火lín huǒphosphorescence
• 磷石lín shímuscovite, mica (used in TCM)
• 磷矿lín kuàngphosphate ore; phosphate deposit
• 磷肥lín féiphosphate fertilizer
• 磷脂lín zhīphospholipid
• 磷酸lín suānphosphoric acid
• 磷灰石lín huī shí(mineralogy) apatite
• 磷矿石lín kuàng shíphosphate rock; phosphate ore
• 磷酸盐lín suān yánphosphate (salt or ester of phosphoric acid)
• 磷酸盐岩lín suān yán yán(mineralogy) phosphorite
• 磷虾lín xiākrill
• 磷化钙lín huà gàicalcium phosphide (Ca3P2)
• 磷酸钙lín suān gàicalcium phosphate (Ca3(PO4)2), inorganic salt used in fertilizers and food additives
• 磷酸钠lín suān nàsodium phosphate (Na3PO4), inorganic salt used in detergents and food processing
• 磷磷lín línvariant of 粼粼

Words containing 磷

• 白磷bái línwhite phosphorus
• 红磷hóng línred phosphorus
• 卵磷脂luǎn lín zhīlecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
• 有机磷yǒu jī línorganophosphorus compound (often used in pesticides)
• 氯磷定lǜ lín dìngpralidoxime chloride
• 甲胺磷jiǎ àn línmethamidophos (chemistry)
• 双复磷shuāng fù línobidoxime chloride; toxogonin
• 有机磷毒剂yǒu jī lín dú jìorganophosphorus agent
• 有机磷酸酯类yǒu jī lín suān zhǐ lèiorganophosphate
• 甲磺磷定jiǎ huáng lín dìngpralidoxime mesylate
• 环磷酰胺huán lín xiān àncyclophosphamide (medication)
• 羟基磷灰石qiǎng jī lín huī shíhydroxyapatite (calcium phosphate mineral forming bone and tooth enamel)
• 三氯化磷sān lǜ huà línphosphorous trichloride
• 三氯氧磷sān lǜ yǎng línphosphorous oxychloride
• 三磷酸腺苷sān lín suān xiàn gānadenosine triphosphate (ATP)
• 二磷酸腺苷èr lín suān xiàn gānadenosine diphosphate (ADP)
• 腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸xiàn piào lìng hé gān sān lín suānadenosine triphosphate (ATP)

Characters built on 粦

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

• 遴lín(literary) to select
• 鳞línscales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 麟línvariant of 麟
• 粼línclear (as of water)
• 膦lìnphosphine
• 嶙línranges of hills
• 辚línrumbling of wheels
• 瞵línto stare at

Characters that look like 磷

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

• 骤zhòusudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 懈xièlax; negligent
• 懒lǎnlazy
• 镯zhuóbracelet
• 膦lìnphosphine
• 镛yōnglarge bell

Sounds the same

Read lín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 林(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…
• 邻neighbor; adjacent; close to
• 临to face; to overlook; to arrive
• 淋to sprinkle; to drip; to pour
• 琳gem
• 鳞scales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 霖continued rain
• 遴(literary) to select
• 粼clear (as of water)
• 啉used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉
• 嶙ranges of hills
• 璘luster of gem