氯

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See also: 㲶
氯 U+6C2F, 氯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C2F
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 氰 →

Translingual

Han character

氯 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人弓弓一水 (ONNME) or 人弓女弓水 (ONVNE), four-corner 80917, composition ⿹气彔 or ⿹气录)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 600, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17072
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2013, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6C2F

Chinese

trad. 氯
simp. # 氯
alternative forms 㲶 obsolete
Chemical element
Cl
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Next: 氬／氩 (yà) (Ar)
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 彔. 彔 is also a reduced form of 綠 (“green”), serving as a semantic component.

Etymology

From 綠氣／绿气 (“green gas”) in the 19th century, which is a calque of English chlorine, referring to the colour of chlorine gas.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lio̍k - literary;
  • lia̍k/le̍k - vernacular.

Definitions

氯

  1. (chemistry) chlorine
  2. chlorine gas

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References

Korean

Hanja

氯 (eum 록 (rok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

氯: Hán Nôm readings: lục

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