塩素
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 塩 | 素 |
| えん Grade: 4 |
そ Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi | kan’on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鹽素 (kyūjitai) |
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Cl | |
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Etymology
鹽 (en, “salt”) + 素 (so, “chemical element”). Calque of Dutch zoutstof, from the fact that it is a main ingredient of table salt. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“鹽素”). 塩 was simplified from 鹽 in the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 塩素ガス中毒 (enso gasu chūdoku, “chloride gas poisoning”)
- 塩素水 (ensosui, “chlorine water”)
- 塩素爆鳴気 (enso bakumeiki, “chlorine detonating gas”)
- 塩素酸 (ensosan, “chloric acid”)
- 塩素酸カリウム (ensosan kariumu, “potassium chlorate”)
- 塩素酸ナトリウム (ensosan natoriumu, “sodium chlorate”)
- 塩素酸塩 (ensosan'en, “chlorate”)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.