鈾 (jau2 jau4 | you2) : uranium

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鈾

jau2 jau4

you2

uranium (U)

Jyutping jau4 is standard reading; jau2 is variant but more popular.

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鈾 / 铀

This word has been viewed 3217 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Feb 2011 01:32

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天然鈾 tin1 jin4 jau4 tian1 ran2 you2 = natural uranium

二氧化鈾 ji6 joeng5 faa3 jau4 er4 yang3 hua4 you2 = brown oxidier; uranium dioxide

六氟化鈾 luk6 fat1 faa3 jau4 liu4 fu2 hua4 you2 = uranium hexafluoride (UF6)

四氟化鈾 sei3 fat1 faa3 jau4 si4 fu2 hua4 you2 = uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)

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Decimal representation of this word: 鈾
Unicode code for this character: U+923e (off-site link)

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