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Character Decomposition
硝=石+肖
Etymology
mineral
Meanings
saltpeter
to tan (leather)
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Words with 硝 33 total
(impure) mirabilite, Na2SO4x10H2O (used in TCM)朴硝pò xiāoniter · saltpeter · potassium nitrate KNO3硝石xiāo shínitric acid硝酸xiāo suānsmoke (from guns)硝烟xiāo yānmirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) · Glauber's salt芒硝máng xiāonitrobenzene · benzoil nitrate (chemistry)硝基苯xiāo jī běnpotassium nitrate硝酸钾xiāo suān jiǎsilver nitrate硝酸银xiāo suān yínnitrous acid亚硝酸yà xiāo suānnitrosamine亚硝胺yà xiāo ànmetronidazole (antibacterial agent) · Flagyl (trade name)甲硝唑jiǎ xiāo zuònitrocellulose; guncotton硝化棉xiāo huà miánsodium nitrate硝酸钠xiāo suān nàcalcium nitrate硝酸钙xiāo suān gàiammonium nitrate硝酸铵xiāo suān ǎnnitrate硝酸盐xiāo suān yánsodium nitrite亚硝酸钠yà xiāo suān nànitrite亚硝酸盐yà xiāo suān yánnitroglycerine硝化甘油xiāo huà gān yóu(idiom) smoke billows from the raging battle硝烟滚滚xiāo yān gǔn gǔnnitroglycerine硝酸甘油xiāo suān gān yóutrinitrotoluene (TNT)三硝基甲苯sān xiāo jī jiǎ běnamyl nitrite亚硝酸异戊酯yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐ
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