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Translingual
Han character
氚 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人弓中中中 (ONLLL), four-corner 80217, composition ⿹气川)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2010, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6C1A
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 气 (“gas”) + 川 (“three”). Also a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) , where 川 (chuān) acts as the phonetic component. Compare 氕 (“protium”) and 氘 (“deuterium”).
Etymology
From 川 (chuān) from the glyph, possibly influenced by New Latin tritium. In Mandarin, it is pronounced in the first tone by analogy with 氕 (piē, “protium”) and 氘 (dāo, “deuterium”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
氚
- tritium
Synonyms
See also
- 氕 (piē, “protium”)
- 氘 (dāo, “deuterium”)
- 氫／氢 (qīng, “hydrogen”)