水素

Chinese

water; river plain; element
simp. and trad.
(水素)

Pronunciation


Noun

水素

  1. (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) hydrogen

Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on'yomi
Chemical element
H Next: ヘリウム (heriumu) (He)

Etymology

Calque of Dutch waterstof (literally waterstuff), equivalent to (sui, water) +‎ (so, element). Compare German Wasserstoff, Luxembourgish Waasserstoff. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“水素”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(すい)() • (suiso

  1. hydrogen (chemical element)
  2. hydrogen (molecular hydrogen)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Korean: 수소 (suso)
  • Min Nan: 水素 (chúi-sò͘)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

水素 • (suso) (hangeul 수소)

  1. hanja form? of 수소 (hydrogen)