ホウ素

Japanese

Kanji in this term
素
そ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
硼素 (rare)

Chemical element
B
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Etymology

Compound of 硼 (hō, “borax”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”).^[1]^[2] First used by Ishiguro Tadanori in Kagaku Kunmō in 1870,^[3] probably from 蓬(ほう)砂(しゃ)素(そ) (hōshaso) in Seimi Kaisō by Udagawa Yōan, which is a calque of Dutch boraxstof.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーそ [hóꜜòsò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːso̞]

Noun

ホウ素(そ) • (hōso) ^{←はうそ (fauso)^?}

boron, B

Synonyms

ボロン (boron)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[3] 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

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