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U+77FD, 矽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77FD

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 112, +3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓戈 (MRNI), four-corner 17620, composition )

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.
simp. #
Chemical element
Si
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (stone) + phonetic ().

Etymology

From English silicon. Coined by Chinese scientist Xu Shou in 1871. The term is dated in Mainland China as it is homophonous to () "selenium" and () "tin".

Pronunciation


Note: se̍k - literary.

Definitions

  1. (chemistry, chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong, dated in Mainland China) silicon
    Synonym: (guī) (Mainland China)

Compounds

References

  • ”, 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–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 250.

Korean

Hanja

(seok) (hangeul , revised seok, McCune–Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: tịch

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References