氦
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Translingual
Han character
氦 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人弓卜女人 (ONYVO), four-corner 80817, composition ⿹气亥)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17063
- Dae Jaweon: page 992, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2011, character 12
- Unihan data for U+6C26
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
氦 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: 氫／氢 (qīng) (H) | |
| Next: 鋰／锂 (lǐ) (Li) | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 亥 (hài).
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin helium.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hoi
- Eastern Min (BUC): hâi
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāi / hǎi
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6ghe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hài
- Wade–Giles: hai4
- Yale: hài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hay
- Palladius: хай (xaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hoi6
- Yale: hoih
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoi6
- Guangdong Romanization: hoi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hoi
- Hakka Romanization System: hoi
- Hagfa Pinyim: hoi4
- Sinological IPA: /hoi̯⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hâi
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɑi²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Definitions
氦
Synonyms
- (obsolete) 氜 (rì)
References
- “氦”, 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–
Japanese
Kanji
氦
Readings
Usage notes
This kanji is only very rarely encountered. Use ヘリウム for the word helium instead.