氧 meaning and stroke order
Oxygen (chemistry)
How to write 氧, stroke by stroke
10 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 氧
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- oxygen (chemistry)
How 氧 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Gas.
气 gives the meaning and 羊 hints at the sound.
Radical: 气 (air), shared by 24 characters on this site.
How to remember 氧
The outer part 气 (qì) means gas, and the 羊 (yáng, sheep) inside gives the sound. Picture a sheep breathing in a gas cloud. That gas is oxygen, 氧 (yǎng).
氧 is mostly used inside words rather than alone. In everyday speech people say 氧气 (yǎngqì) for oxygen, and it also appears in science terms like 二氧化碳 (èryǎnghuàtàn, carbon dioxide). Example: 高山上缺氧。(Gāoshān shàng quēyǎng.) There is not enough oxygen high in the mountains.
Common mistake: Learners often write the 羊 part as a full 羊 standing beside 气. In 氧 it sits tucked under the hook of 气, and its bottom vertical stroke is short. Also keep the third tone yǎng. Do not say yáng as in 羊 (sheep), and do not confuse it with 养 (yǎng, to raise), which sounds the same.
Common words with 氧
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
氧 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 氧
How many strokes are in 氧?
氧 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 氧 mean?
氧 (yǎng) means oxygen (chemistry). A common word with it is 氧气 (yǎngqì), meaning "oxygen".
How do you pronounce 氧?
氧 is pronounced yǎng, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 氧?
The radical of 氧 is 气, which carries the idea of "air". Dictionaries list 氧 under this radical.
Is 氧 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 氧 is part of the HSK 6 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Why do so many chemical elements share the 气 part like 氧?
Chinese names for elements that are gases at room temperature use 气 as the semantic part, such as 氢 (qīng, hydrogen) and 氮 (dàn, nitrogen). The other part usually hints at the sound, like 羊 does in 氧.
How do you say oxygen mask or oxygen tank in Chinese?
An oxygen mask is 氧气面罩 (yǎngqì miànzhào) and an oxygen tank is 氧气瓶 (yǎngqì píng). To breathe oxygen in a medical setting is 吸氧 (xī yǎng).