硫黄

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 硫黄 – see 硫黃 (“sulfur; sulphur; S”).
(This term is the simplified form of 硫黃).
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Japanese

Chemical element
S
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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
硫 黄
いおう
Grade: S Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
硫黃 (kyūjitai)
硫磺

/juawa/ → /juwau/ → /iwau/ → /iwɔː/ → /iwoː/ → /ioː/

Originally a compound of 湯 (yu, “warm or hot water”) +‎ 泡 (awa, “bubble”), from the way that volcanic hot springs would often be accompanied by bubbles of sulfur gas.[1][2]

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 硫黃／硫黄 (liúhuáng).

An alternative theory is that the character 硫 (“sulfur”) developed an on'yomi of yu instead of the usual goon of ru or kan'on of ryū, such that the reading is on'yomi.[1] However, given that this particular sound shift is not found in other kanji readings, this derivation seems unlikely.

This is the most common reading for this term in modern Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

硫黄(いおう) • (iō) ←いわう (iwau)?

  1. sulfur (element)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
硫 黄
ゆ
Grade: S 		おう
Grade: 2
irregular
Alternative spellings
硫黃 (kyūjitai)
硫磺

/juawa/ → /juwau/ → /juwɔː/ → /juwoː/ → /juoː/

Other than the difference in phonetic shifts, the derivation is the same as for iō above.

This reading is rare, and possibly archaic.

Pronunciation

Noun

硫(ゆ)黄(おう) • (yuō) ←ゆわう (yuwau)?

  1. (rare, possibly archaic) sulfur (element)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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