亜鉛

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Japanese

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Chemical element
Zn
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Grade: S
えん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
亞鉛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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First appears in Japanese in the 1713 edition of the 和漢三才図会 (Wakan Sansai Zue, “Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia”). Appears to be a Japanese coinage as (a, next, sub-) + (en, lead, the metal), probably from the way that zinc is often found together with lead in ores. Probably influenced by early Hokkien 倭鉛倭铅 (e-iân), early Mandarin 倭鉛倭铅 (wōqiān, literally Japanese lead).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(えん) (aen

  1. zinc, Zn

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.