氜
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Translingual
Han character
氜 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓日 (ONA), composition ⿹气日)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 599, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17049
- Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2010, character 10
- Unihan data for U+6C1C
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 气 (“gas; air”) + 日 (“sun”).
Etymology 1
From 日 (rì, “sun”). Influenced by English helium, which comes from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: rì
- Zhuyin: ㄖˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rìh
- Wade–Giles: jih4
- Yale: r̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryh
- Palladius: жи (ži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
氜
- (obsolete) helium
Synonyms
- 氦 (hài)
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 氜 – see 陽 (““male” principle; yang in yin-yang; sun; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 陽). |