氮
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Translingual
Han character
氮 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人弓火火 (ONFF), four-corner 80817, composition ⿹气炎)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 600, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17071
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2013, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6C2E
Chinese
| trad. | 氮 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 氮 | |
| alternative forms | 㲷 obsolete | |
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| N | |
| Previous: 碳 (tàn) (C) | |
| Next: 氧 (yǎng) (O) | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + abbreviated phonetic 淡 (dàn, “dilute”).
Etymology
From 淡 (dàn, “dilute”) in 淡氣／淡气 , referring to nitrogen diluting oxygen in the air.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): daam6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tham
- Eastern Min (BUC): dâng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tām
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6de
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
- Wade–Giles: tan4
- Yale: dàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
- Palladius: дань (danʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: daam6
- Yale: daahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: daam6
- Guangdong Romanization: dam6
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːm²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tham
- Hakka Romanization System: tam
- Hagfa Pinyim: tam4
- Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Definitions
氮
Synonyms
- (nitrogen): (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) 窒素 (zhìsù)
Compounds
References
- “氮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
氮
Readings
Usage notes
Not used in Japanese. Some sources erroneously give a meaning of xenon, instead of the correct nitrogen.
The Japanese word for nitrogen is 窒素 (chisso).
Korean
Hanja
氮 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam, Yale tam)