水素

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Chinese

water; river plain; element
simp. and trad.
(水素)
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Pronunciation


Noun

水素

  1. (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) hydrogen

Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on'yomi
Chemical element
H Next: ヘリウム (heriumu) (He)
 水素 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Calque of Dutch waterstof (literally waterstuff), equivalent to (sui, water) +‎ (so, element). Compare German Wasserstoff, Luxembourgish Waasserstoff. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“水素”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(すい)() (suiso

  1. hydrogen (chemical element)
  2. hydrogen (molecular hydrogen)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Korean: 수소 (suso)
  • Min Nan: 水素 (chúi-sò͘)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

水素 (suso) (hangeul 수소)

  1. hanja form? of 수소 (hydrogen)