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钠

nà

Character Traditional 鈉

What 钠 means

1. sodium (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 碳酸氢钠通常被称为小苏打。
  Sodium bicarbonate is commonly known as baking soda.

Words containing 钠

• 氯化钠lǜ huà nàsodium chloride NaCl; common salt
• 氯酸钠lǜ suān nàsodium chlorate NaClO3
• 硝酸钠xiāo suān nàsodium nitrate
• 硫酸钠liú suān nàsodium sulfate
• 碳酸钠tàn suān nàsoda; sodium carbonate (chemistry)
• 磷酸钠lín suān nàsodium phosphate (Na3PO4), inorganic salt used in detergents and food processing
• 苛性钠kē xìng nàsodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda
• 亚硝酸钠yà xiāo suān nàsodium nitrite
• 氢氧化钠qīng yǎng huà nàsodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda
• 碳酸氢钠tàn suān qīng nàsodium bicarbonate
• 谷氨酸钠gǔ ān suān nàmonosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621)
• 苯甲酸钠běn jiǎ suān nàsodium benzoate, E211 (a food preservative)
• 次亚硫酸钠cì yà liú suān nàsodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo)
• 硫代硫酸钠liú dài liú suān nàsodium hyposulfide; sodium thiosulfate
• 双氯芬酸钠shuāng lǜ fēn suān nàdiclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as…
• 烷基苯磺酸钠wán jī běn huáng suān nàsodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (used as a bubbling agent in detergents)
• 碘化钠diǎn huà nàsodium iodide NaI
• 氰化钠qíng huà nàsodium cyanide NaCN
• 戊巴比妥钠wù bā bǐ tuǒ nàpentasorbital sodium (a sedative)
• 肌苷酸二钠jī gān suān èr nàdisodium inosinate (E631)
• 鸟苷酸二钠niǎo gān suān èr nàdisodium guanylate (E627)
• 二硫基丙磺酸钠èr liú jī bǐng huáng suān nàsodium dimercaptosulfanate
• 二硫基琥珀酸钠èr liú jī hǔ pò suān nàsodium dimercaptosuccinate
• 二氯异三聚氰酸钠èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nàsodium dichloroisocyanurate

Characters built on 内

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

• 纳nàto receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 呐nàbattle cry
• 衲nàcassock; to line
• 肭nàused in 腽肭

Characters that look like 钠

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

• 钢gāngsteel
• 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
• 铂bóplatinum (chemistry)
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 饷xiǎngsoldier's pay

Sounds the same

Read nà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 那(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that…
• 纳to receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 娜(phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜
• 呐battle cry
• 衲cassock; to line
• 捺to press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…
• 軜inner reins of a 4-horse team
• 肭used in 腽肭