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yóu

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yóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yóu | you2
English translation
uranium

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About yóu

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

yóu

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of yóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅由

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

yóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of yóu .

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Example sentences using yóu

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沥清 yóu kuàng tóng yóu 云母 yún mǔ chún yóu de 放射性 fàng shè xìng 强得 duō .

Pitchblende and chalcolite are much more radioactive than uranium itself.

zài měi 1000 yóu 原子 yuán zǐ 当中 dāng zhōng ,只有 zhǐyǒu shì yóu 235.

Only 7 uranium atoms of every 1,000 are U -

实际上 shí jì shàng shì 用来 yòng lái jiāng yóu 浓缩 nóng suō 制造 zhìzào 武器 wǔqì

It was actually used for enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels.

Words with yóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yóu Taiwan pr. [yòu] yóu
浓缩铀 nóng suō yóu enriched uranium濃縮鈾
沥青铀矿 lì qīng yóu kuàng pitchblende (uranium ore)瀝青鈾礦

yóu Decomposition & Compounds

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