Memory phrase for the character: 氯

氯

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Meaning

chlorine (chemistry, Cl)

Pronunciation

lǜ

Explanation

 Top: gas, air 气, below: diary, record 录 ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿 When fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges)

Mnemonic
 
(electrochemical extraction) The gas obtained by a "squeeze out" is: chlorine.

Radicals

气 steam
录 squeeze outThe hanzi 录 has the meaning: to keep a record/to transcribe, but is used as a radical with the meaning “to squeeze out”, as this shows a hand 彐 squeezing out a liquid 水.




 Vocabulary

聚氯乙烯 jù lǜ yǐ xī  polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
氯化氢 lǜ huà qīng  hydrogen chloride
氯气 lǜ qì  chlorine
氯化锌 lǜ huà xīn  zinc chloride
氯化钾 lǜ huà jiǎ  potassium chloride
氯化钾 lǜ huà jiǎ  

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