yǎng

oxygen (chemistry)

Radical: 气 HSK 7 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

氧 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 氧

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 氧.

充氧
chōng yǎng
to oxygenate
厌氧
yàn yǎng
anaerobic
吸氧
xī yǎng
to breathe
好氧
hào yǎng
aerobic
无氧
wú yǎng
anaerobic
氢氧
qīng yǎng
hydroxide (e.g. caustic soda NaOH)
氧割
yǎng gē
to cut using oxyacetylene torch
氧化
yǎng huà
to oxidize
氧基
yǎng jī
氧气
yǎng qì
oxygen
缺氧
quē yǎng
lacking oxygen
脱氧
tuō yǎng
deoxidation

Related characters (radical 气)

Characters that share the radical .

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