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

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水素

  1. (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) hydrogen

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1

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

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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

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(すい)() (suiso

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  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.

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Hanja in this term

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水素 (suso) (hangeul 수소)

  1. hanja form? of 수소 (hydrogen)