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铀

yóu

Character Traditional 鈾

What 铀 means

1. uranium (chemistry)
2. Taiwan pr. yòu

Words starting with 铀

• 铀浓缩yóu nóng suōuranium enrichment

Words containing 铀

• 贫铀pín yóudepleted uranium (D-38)
• 天然铀tiān rán yóunatural uranium
• 氧化铀yǎng huà yóuuranium oxide
• 浓缩铀nóng suō yóuenriched uranium
• 浓集铀nóng jí yóuenriched uranium
• 低浓缩铀dī nóng suō yóulow-enriched uranium (LEU)
• 高浓缩铀gāo nóng suō yóuhighly enriched uranium (HEU)
• 沥青铀矿lì qīng yóu kuàngpitchblende (uranium ore)
• 二氧化铀èr yǎng huà yóuuranium dioxide
• 六氟化铀liù fú huà yóuuranium hexafluoride (UF6)
• 四氟化铀sì fú huà yóuuranium tetrafluoride (UF4)

Characters built on 由

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

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 轴zhóuaxis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel

Characters that look like 铀

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

• 钼mùmolybdenum (chemistry)
• 钴gǔ(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. gū); used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 铱yīiridium (chemistry)
• 铈shìcerium (chemistry)
• 铟yīnindium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read yóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 由to follow; from; because of; due to
• 游to swim; variant of 游
• 邮post (office); mail
• 尤outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault
• 油oil; fat; grease
• 犹as if; (just) like; just as
• 疣nodule; wart
• 猷to plan; to scheme
• 鱿(bound form) squid
• 蝣used in 蜉蝣
• 楢Quercus glandulifera
• 逌distant; joyous; satisfied