氟 meaning and stroke order
Fluorine
How to write 氟, stroke by stroke
9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 氟
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- fluorine (chemistry)
How 氟 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Gas.
气 gives the meaning and 弗 hints at the sound.
Radical: 气 (air), shared by 24 characters on this site.
How to remember 氟
The 气 (qì, gas) frame wraps around 弗 (fú), which gives the sound. Picture a pale yellow gas, fluorine, floating around the sound fú.
氟 appears mostly in chemistry and everyday health words like toothpaste and water treatment. It is rarely used alone in speech. Example: 这种牙膏含氟。(Zhè zhǒng yágāo hán fú.) This toothpaste contains fluoride.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes confuse 氟 (fú) with 氯 (lǜ, chlorine), since both sit inside the 气 frame and both are halogen gases. Check the inner part: 弗 for fluorine, 录 for chlorine.
氟 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 氟
How many strokes are in 氟?
氟 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 氟 mean?
氟 (fú) means fluorine.
How do you pronounce 氟?
氟 is pronounced fú, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 氟?
The radical of 氟 is 气, which carries the idea of "air". Dictionaries list 氟 under this radical.
Why do so many chemical elements in Chinese use the 气 component?
Elements that are gases at room temperature are written with 气, such as 氧 (yǎng, oxygen), 氢 (qīng, hydrogen) and 氟. Metals usually take 钅, and many solid nonmetals take 石.
How do you say fluoride or Teflon in Chinese?
Fluoride is often 氟化物 (fúhuàwù), and fluoridated toothpaste is 含氟牙膏 (hán fú yágāo). Freon is 氟利昂 (fúlì'áng), a word that combines 氟 with a sound loan.