Chinese

Noun

水素

1. (Taiwanese Min Nan) hydrogen

Synonyms

• 氫／氢 (qīng)

References

• Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), Ogawa Naoyoshi, editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Min Nan), volume 2, Taihoku: 同府 [Dōfu], OCLC 25747241, page 327.

Japanese

Etymology

水 ‎(sui, “water”) +‎ 素 ‎(so, “element”), calque of Dutch waterstof ‎(“hydrogen; waterstuff”). Compare German Wasserstoff, Luxembourgish Waasserstoff.

Considered to be used first in Udagawa Yōan's (宇田川榕菴, 1798 – 1846) book Introduction to Chemistry (舎密開宗, Seimi Kaisō), a compilation of various scientific books in Dutch.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) す​いそ [súꜜìsò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [sɯᵝiso̞]

Noun

水素 ‎(hiragana すいそ, romaji suiso)

1. hydrogen (chemical element)
2. hydrogen (molecular hydrogen)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Korean: 수소 (suso)
• Min Nan: 水素 ‎(chúi-sò͘)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

水素 • ‎(suso) ‎(hangeul 수소)

1. Hanja form^? of 수소, “hydrogen”.