镓 (jiā): gallium (chemistry)

镓 (jiā) is a Chinese character meaning “gallium (chemistry).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 家 (phonetic). It ranks #4623 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 镓 metal. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 金 (jīn, metal, gold), 钱 (qián, money), 银 (yín, silver, bank).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. gallium (chemistry)

Etymology & Origin

镓

pictophoneticmetal

Decomposition: ⿰钅家 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
砷化镓shēn huà jiāgallium arsenide (GaAs)
氮化镓dàn huà jiāgallium nitride (GaN)
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Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

镓 appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

IT之家Sep 2026

充电头这个品类卷了这么多年,从体积卷到氮化镓,现在开始卷“屏幕”了。

chōng diàn tóu zhè gè pǐn lèi juǎn le zhè me duō nián , cóng tǐ jī juǎn dào dàn huà jiā , xiàn zài kāi shǐ juǎn píng mù le .

The charger market has been in a fierce competition for years—from size to gallium nitride—and now the focus has shifted to “screens.”

IT之家Sep 2026

全球首次:杭州镓仁半导体实现 12 英寸氧化镓晶体等径生长

quán qiú shǒu cì : háng zhōu jiā rén bàn dǎo tǐ shí xiàn 1 2 yīng cùn yǎng huà jiā jīng tǐ děng jìng shēng cháng

A World First: Hangzhou Garren Semiconductor Achieves Equidiameter Growth of 12-Inch Gallium Oxide Crystals

IT之家Jun 2026

英飞凌侵权英诺赛科,相关氮化镓产品被禁止在中国境内销售

yīng fēi líng qīn quán yīng nuò sài kē , xiāng guān dàn huà jiā chǎn pǐn bèi jìn zhǐ zài zhōng guó jìng nèi xiāo shòu

Infineon Infringes on Innosilicon's Patents; Sales of Related Gallium Nitride Products Banned in China

IT之家May 2026

产品质量、性能“不尽人意”,曝三星电子氮化镓器件未能投入量产

chǎn pǐn zhì liàng , xìng néng bù jǐn rén yì , pù sān xīng diàn zǐ dàn huà jiā qì jiàn wèi néng tóu rù liàng chǎn

Product quality and performance are "less than satisfactory"; reports indicate that Samsung Electronics' gallium nitride devices have not yet entered mass production

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 钅 (metal) component

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 镓 (jiā) mean in Chinese?
镓 (jiā) primarily means "gallium (chemistry)." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #4623 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 镓 have?
镓 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 镓?
The radical associated with 镓 is 钅 (metal). This radical appears in many characters related to metal.
What are the components of 镓?
镓 is composed of: 钅 (semantic), 家 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰钅家 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 镓?
Common words with 镓 include: 砷化镓 (shēn huà jiā, "gallium arsenide (GaAs)"); 氮化镓 (dàn huà jiā, "gallium nitride (GaN)"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 镓 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 镓 and the traditional form is 鎵.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.