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铈

鈰
shì
noun #74,247

Meanings

  1. 1 cerium (chemical element, Ce, atomic number 58)

Examples

铈是一种稀土金属，符号是 Ce。
Shì shì yī zhǒng xītǔ jīnshǔ, fúhào shì Ce.
Cerium is a rare earth metal; its symbol is Ce.
打火机里的火石就含有铈。
Dǎhuǒjī lǐ de huǒshí jiù hán yǒu shì.
The flint in a lighter contains cerium.

Tips

memory
Like most metallic-element names, 铈 takes the 钅(metal) radical plus a phonetic component (市 shì). The reading 'shì' approximates the second syllable of 'cerium'. Same trick gives us 镧 lán (lanthanum), 钕 nǚ (neodymium), 铕 yǒu (europium).

Stroke Order

铈 shì