HSK 6 · Science

钙 gài “calcium” in Chinese

Traditional 鈣

What 钙 means

  1. calcium
  2. calcium (chemistry)

How to say 钙

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale钙gài4th tone, falling

钙 in a sentence

  1. 牛奶里有很多钙。

    Niúnǎi lǐ yǒu hěn duō gài.

    Milk contains a lot of calcium.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 老人应该多补钙。

    Lǎorén yīnggāi duō bǔ gài.

    Older people should take more calcium.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 钙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 钙 (gài) with each of its parts in a different colour
钙gàicalcium
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 丐beggar · gàiSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 丐 (gài) hints at the sound. Compare it with gài.

How to write 钙

钙 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

钙 (gài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 钙 (gài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 钙

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FAQs

钙 (gài) means “calcium” or “calcium (chemistry)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gài: gài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 钙 is written 鈣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 钙 from the suggestions. Typing gai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
钙 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.