氫

See also: 氢

氫 U+6C2B, 氫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C2B ← 氪 [U+6C2A] CJK Unified Ideographs 氬 → [U+6C2C]

Translingual

Han character

氫 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人弓一女一 (ONMVM), four-corner 8011₇, composition ⿹气巠)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 600, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17068
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2013, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C2B

Chinese

trad.		氫
simp.		氢

Chemical element
H	Next: 氦 (hài) (He)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) and ideogrammic compound (會意): semantic 气 (“air; gas”) + abbreviated phonetic 輕 (qīng, “light; of low density”).

Etymology

From 輕／轻 (qīng, “light; of low density”) in 輕氣／轻气 [19th c.]. So named as hydrogen gas is lighter than air.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīng (qing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khîn
• Min Dong (BUC): kĭng
• Min Nan (POJ): kheng / khin
• Wu (Wiktionary): ¹qin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ching
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹
    • Yale: hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰin²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng / khin
    • Tâi-lô: khing / khin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qefng, qyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³/, /kʰin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /kʰin⁴⁴/

Note:

• kheng - literary;
• khin - vernacular.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ¹qin
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɪɲ⁵³/

Definitions

氫

1. (chemistry) hydrogen
2. hydrogen gas

Synonyms

• (hydrogen): (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) 水素 (shuǐsù)

Compounds

• 氫化／氢化 (qīnghuà)
• 氫化物／氢化物 (qīnghuàwù)
• 氫彈／氢弹 (qīngdàn)
• 氫氣／氢气 (qīngqì)
• 氫氧化物／氢氧化物 (qīngyǎnghuàwù)

• 氫氧焰／氢氧焰
• 氫氰酸／氢氰酸 (qīngqíngsuān)
• 氫爆／氢爆
• 氯化氫／氯化氢 (lǜhuàqīng)

• 氰化氫／氰化氢 (qínghuàqīng)
• 碳酸氫鹽／碳酸氢盐 (tànsuān qīng yán)
• 重氫／重氢 (zhòngqīng)
• 金屬氫／金属氢 (jīnshǔqīng)

References

• “氫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Korean

Hanja

氫 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

氫: Hán Nôm readings: khinh

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