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diǎn

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diǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diǎn | dian3
English translation
iodine

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About diǎn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

diǎn

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mineral

Etymology of diǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石典

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

diǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and diǎn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using diǎn

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人们 rén men 有时 yǒu shí zài yún 播撒 bō sǎ 碘化银 diǎn huà yín ,诱使 yòu shǐ 降雨 jiàng yǔ .

Clouds are sometimes seeded with silver iodide to induce precipitation.

碘酒 qīng chá zài 前额 qián é de 伤口 shāng kǒu shǎng

She dabbed iodine on the cuts on her forehead.

Words with diǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diǎn iodine (chemistry) diǎn
碘化钾 diǎn huà jiǎ potassium iodide碘化鉀
碘酸 diǎn suān iodic acid碘酸 diǎn suān
碘化银 diǎn huà yín silver iodide碘化銀

diǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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