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Translingual
Han character
𣱧 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人弓竹十土 (ONHJG), composition ⿹气重)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 600, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2013, character 10
- Unihan data for U+23C67
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 气 (“gas”) + 重 (“heavy”), as it was the heaviest gaseous element (at room temperature) at that time. 重 is also the phonetic component.
Etymology
From 重 (zhòng, “heavy”). Deprecated, as it does not follow the trend of using phonetic borrowing in chemical elements.
Pronunciation
Definitions
𣱧
- (chemistry, obsolete) xenon
Synonyms
- 氙 (xiān)
- 氠 (shēn) (obsolete)
- 氥 (xī) (obsolete)