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Japanese
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| 鹽素 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
鹽 (en, “salt”) + 素 (so, “chemical element”). Calque of Dutch zoutstof, from the fact that it is a main ingredient of table salt. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“鹽素”). 塩 was simplified from 鹽 in the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.
Pronunciation
Noun
塩素 • (enso)
- chlorine, Cl
Derived terms
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
