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Translingual
Han character
氟 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓中中弓 (ONLLN), four-corner 80510, composition ⿹气弗)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17058
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2011, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6C1F
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 弗.
Etymology
From earlier 弗氣/弗气, 弗素, which is probably an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 弗素, where 弗 (futsu) was used phonetically.
Pronunciation
Definitions
氟
- (chemistry) fluorine
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
氟
(Hyōgai kanji)
- fluorine
Readings
Usage notes
Extremely rare. When written in kanji, more commonly spelled using the character 弗. The full Japanese term for fluorine is 弗素, much more commonly written in Japanese in katakana, as フッ素.
Korean
Hanja
氟 • (bul) (hangeul 불, revised bul, McCune–Reischauer pul, Yale pul)
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