Japanese
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Alternative spelling
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硼素 (rare)
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Etymology
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Compound of 硼 (hō, “borax”) + 素 (so, “element”).[1][2] First used by Ishiguro Tadanori in Kagaku Kunmō in 1870,[3] probably from 蓬砂素 (hōshaso) in Seimi Kaisō by Udagawa Yōan, which is a calque of Dutch boraxstof.
Pronunciation
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ホウ素 • (hōso) ←はうそ (fauso)?
- boron, B
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References
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- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Fumiko Kōji, Shōzō Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Hirata, 日本各地の明治中期の理科授業筆記の発見と当時の元素教育