U+6C2E, 氮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C2E

[U+6C2D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6C2F]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 84, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人弓火火 (ONFF), four-corner 80817, composition)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 600, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17071
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2013, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6C2E

Chinese

simp. and trad.
Chemical element
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)  and ideogrammic compound (會意) : semantic  (gas) + abbreviated phonetic  (dilute).

Etymology

From (dàn, “dilute”) in 淡氣淡气 [19th c.], referring to nitrogen diluting oxygen in the air.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. nitrogen

Synonyms

  • (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Min Nan) 窒素 (zhìsù)

Compounds

  • 固氮作用
  • 固氮菌
  • 氮化法
  • 氮化物

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. nitrogen

Readings

  • Kan’yō-on: たん (tan)

Usage notes

Not used in Japanese. Some sources erroneously give a meaning of xenon, instead of the correct nitrogen.

The Japanese word for nitrogen is 窒素 (chisso).


Korean

Hanja

(dam) (hangeul , revised dam, McCuneReischauer tam, Yale tam)

  1. nitrogen

Vietnamese

Han character

(đạm)

  1. nitrogen
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