Translingual

Han character

氜 (radical 84 气+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓日 (ONA), composition ⿹气日)

1. clear, bright
2. the sun
3. heat pertaining to this world
4. superior
5. upper
6. front

References

• KangXi: page 599, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17049
• Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2010, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6C1C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 气 ‎(“gas; air”) + 日 ‎(“sun”).

Etymology 1

From 日 (rì, “sun”). Influenced by English helium, which comes from Ancient Greek ἥλιος ‎(hḗlios, “sun”).

Pronunciation

Noun

氜

1. (obsolete) helium

Synonyms

• 氦 (hài)

Etymology 2

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)