塩素

Japanese

Kanji in this term
塩	素
えん Grade: 4	そ Grade: 5
on’yomi	kan’on

Alternative spelling
鹽素 (kyūjitai)

Chemical element
Cl
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Etymology

鹽 (en, “salt”) + 素 (so, “chemical element”). Calque of Dutch zoutstof, from the fact that it is a main ingredient of table salt. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“鹽素”). 塩 was simplified from 鹽 in the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) えんそ [éꜜǹsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃so̞]

Noun

塩(えん)素(そ) • (enso) (kyūjitai 鹽素)

chlorine, Cl

Derived terms

塩(えん)素(そ)ガス中(ちゅう)毒(どく) (enso gasu chūdoku, “chloride gas poisoning”)
塩(えん)素(そ)水(すい) (ensosui, “chlorine water”)
塩(えん)素(そ)爆(ばく)鳴(めい)気(き) (enso bakumeiki, “chlorine detonating gas”)
塩(えん)素(そ)酸(さん) (ensosan, “chloric acid”)
塩(えん)素(そ)酸(さん)カリウム (ensosan kariumu, “potassium chlorate”)
塩(えん)素(そ)酸(さん)ナトリウム (ensosan natoriumu, “sodium chlorate”)
塩(えん)素(そ)酸(さん)塩(えん) (ensosan'en, “chlorate”)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.