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磺

huáng

Character

What 磺 means

1. sulfur

Example sentences

• 硫磺燃烧着蓝色的火焰。
  Liúhuáng ránshāo zhe lánsè de huǒyàn.
  Sulfur burns with a blue flame.

Words starting with 磺

• 磺胺huáng ànsulfa drugs; sulfanilamide (used to reduce fever)

Words containing 磺

• 牛磺酸niú huáng suāntaurine
• 甲磺磷定jiǎ huáng lín dìngpralidoxime mesylate
• 烷基苯磺酸钠wán jī běn huáng suān nàsodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (used as a bubbling agent in detergents)
• 醋磺内酯钾cù huáng nèi zhǐ jiǎacesulfame potassium; acesulfame K (an artificial sweetener)
• 二硫基丙磺酸钠èr liú jī bǐng huáng suān nàsodium dimercaptosulfanate
• 硫磺liú huángvariant of 硫黄

Characters built on 黄

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

• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 潢huángdye paper; lake; pond
• 璜huángsemicircular jade ornament
• 蟥huánghorse-leech

Characters that look like 磺

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

• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 磅bàngscale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound…
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 镫dèngstirrup

Sounds the same

Read huáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 黄yellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 皇emperor; old variant of 惶
• 煌brilliant
• 凰used in 凤凰
• 簧reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 惶(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation
• 湟name of a river
• 遑leisure
• 蝗locust
• 潢dye paper; lake; pond
• 璜semicircular jade ornament
• 徨used in 彷徨