硫 (liú): sulfur (chemistry)
硫 (liú) is a Chinese character meaning “sulfur (chemistry).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 石 (semantic) and 㐬 (phonetic). It ranks #2730 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 硫 mineral. Its radical form 石 (stone) appears in many related characters such as 石 (shí, stone), 破 (pò, break), 研 (yán, to research, to grind).
Definitions
- sulfur (chemistry)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硫磺noun | liú huáng | variant of 硫黃|硫黄 |
| 硫酸noun | liú suān | sulfuric acid |
| 硫化氢noun | liú huà qīng | hydrogen sulfide H2S |
| 硫酸盐noun | liú suān yán | sulfate |
| 二氧化硫noun | èr yǎng huà liú | sulfur dioxide SO2 |
| 硫化verb | liú huà | vulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat) |
| 亚硫酸noun | yà liú suān | sulfurous acid H2SO3 |
| 硫酸亚铁 | liú suān yà tiě | iron(II) sulfate |
| 二硫键noun | èr liú jiàn | disulfide (chemistry) |
| 六氟化硫noun | liù fú huà liú | sulfur hexafluoride |
| 次亚硫酸钠noun | cì yà liú suān nà | sodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo) |
| 二硫化碳noun | èr liú huà tàn | carbon disulfide |
| 硫球 | liú qiú | Luzon, island of the Philippines |
| 硫黄 | liú huáng | sulfur |
| 二硫基琥珀酸钠 | èr liú jī hǔ pò suān nà | sodium dimercaptosuccinate |
硫 appears in 37 compound words: 70 as the first character, 5 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
了解硫字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le jiě liú zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ jiě zhōng guó wén huà .
Understanding the origin of the character for "sulfur" can help in understanding Chinese culture.
钴系产品价格多持稳 电解钴、硫酸钴报价延续阴跌 拐点何处寻?【周度观察...
钴 xì chǎn pǐn jià gé duō chí wěn diàn jiě 钴 , liú suān 钴 bào jià yán xù yīn diē guǎi diǎn hé chǔ xún ? zhōu dù guàn chá . . .
Prices for cobalt products remain largely stable, while quotes for electrolytic cobalt and cobalt sulfate continue to drift lower. Where will the turning point be? [Weekly Review...]
...年3月智利碳酸锂出口数量为2.86万吨 硫酸锂出口数量为1.65万吨
. . . nián 3 yuè zhì lì tàn suān 锂 chū kǒu shǔ liàng wéi 2 . 8 6 wàn dūn liú suān 锂 chū kǒu shǔ liàng wéi 1 . 6 5 wàn dūn
...In March, Chile exported 28,600 metric tons of lithium carbonate and 16,500 metric tons of lithium sulfate.
年产3万吨直供新凤鸣 胜威福全构建钛磷硫铁循环体系
nián chǎn 3 wàn dūn zhí gōng xīn fèng míng shèng wēi fú quán gòu jiàn 钛 磷 liú tiě xún huán tǐ xì
With an annual production capacity of 30,000 tons supplied directly to Xin Fengming, Sheng Weifu has established a comprehensive titanium-phosphorus-sulfur-iron recycling system.
AI晶片命悬一线!钨、氦气、硫磺价格疯涨 涨幅全面超越原油
A I jīng piàn mìng xuán yī xiàn ! 钨 , 氦 qì , liú 磺 jià gé fēng zhǎng zhǎng fú quán miàn chāo yuè yuán yóu
AI chips Hang by a Thread! Prices of Tungsten, Helium, and Sulfur Skyrocket, Outpacing Crude Oil Across the Board
...025年生产磷矿成品矿1173.75万吨硫磺采购量203.72万吨,现有磷矿储量近...
. . . 0 2 5 nián shēng chǎn 磷 kuàng chéng pǐn kuàng 1 1 7 3 . 7 5 wàn dūn liú 磺 cǎi gòu liàng 2 0 3 . 7 2 wàn dūn , xiàn yǒu 磷 kuàng chǔ liàng jìn . . .
...In 2025, 11.7375 million metric tons of processed phosphate rock were produced, and 2.0372 million metric tons of sulfur were procured; current phosphate rock reserves stand at nearly...
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 石 (mineral) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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