ヒ素

ヒ素

Japanese

Chemical element
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Kanji in this term
素
そ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 砒素

Etymology

from 砒 (ひ) (hi, “arsenic”) and 素 (そ) (so, “element”), created by Morisaburō Ichikawa in Rika Nikki (1872).[1]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ヒ​そ [híꜜsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [çiso̞]

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ヒそ​ [hìsóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [çi̥so̞]

Noun

ヒ素 (hiragana ひそ, hiragana and katakana ヒそ, rōmaji hiso)

1. arsenic (chemical element)

References

1. 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