Translingual

Han character

氥 (radical 84 气+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人弓一金田 (ONMCW), four-corner 8061₇, composition ⿹气西)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 599, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17062
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2011, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6C25

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 气 ‎(“gas”) + phonetic 西 ‎(OC *sɯːl).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

氥

1. (chemistry, obsolete) xenon

Synonyms

• 氙 (xiān)