수소

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?suso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?suso
McCune–Reischauer?suso
Yale Romanization?swuso

Etymology 1

Chemical element
H Next: 헬륨 (hellyum) (He)
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수소(水素)

Sino-Korean word from 水素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (すい)() (suiso), which is a calque of Dutch waterstof.

Noun

수소 (suso) (hanja 水素)

  1. hydrogen (H)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 수〮쇼〮 (Yale: swú-sywó). From (su-, male) +‎ (so, cow).

Noun

수소 (suso)

  1. a bull
    Antonym: 암소 (amso, cow; heifer)