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Translingual

Han character

(radical 84 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓中田中 (ONLWL), four-corner 80517, composition)

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic  (gas) + phonetic  (OC *hlin).

Etymology

Borrowing from English xenon. Obsoleted, as it is homophonous to (“arsenic”).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) xenon

Synonyms