Translingual

Han character

𣱧 (radical 84 气+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人弓竹十土 (ONHJG), composition ⿹气重)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 600, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2013, character 10
• Unihan data for U+23C67

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 气 ‎(“gas”) + 重 ‎(“heavy”), as it was the heaviest gaseous element (at room temperature) at that time. 重 (OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs) is also the phonetic component.

Etymology

From 重 (zhòng, “heavy”). Deprecated, as it does not follow the trend of using phonetic borrowing in chemical elements.

Pronunciation

Definitions

𣱧

1. (chemistry, obsolete) xenon

Synonyms

• 氙 (xiān)