矽
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Translingual
Han character
矽 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓戈 (MRNI), four-corner 17620, composition ⿰石夕)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 827, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24045
- Dae Jaweon: page 1242, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2418, character 2
- Unihan data for U+77FD
Chinese
| trad. | 矽 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 矽 | |
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Si | |
| Previous: 鋁／铝 (lǚ) (Al) | |
| Next: 磷 (lín) (P) | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 夕 (xī).
Etymology
From English silicon. Coined by Chinese scientist Xu Shou in 1871. The term is dated in Mainland China as it is homophonous to 硒 (xī) "selenium" and 錫／锡 (xī) "tin".
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: si
- Wade–Giles: hsi1
- Yale: syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sì
- Wade–Giles: hsi4
- Yale: syì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zik6
- Yale: jihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzik9
- Guangdong Romanization: jig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Note: se̍k - literary.
Definitions
矽
- (chemistry, chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong, dated in Mainland China) silicon
- Synonym: 硅 (guī) (Mainland China)
Compounds
References
- “矽”, 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–
Korean
Hanja
矽 • (seok) (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune–Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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