亜鉛
Japanese
Chemical element | |
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Zn | |
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Kanji in this term | |
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亜 | 鉛 |
あ Grade: S |
えん Grade: S |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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亞鉛 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
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 亜 (a, “next, sub-”) + 鉛 (en, “lead”, the metal), probably from the way that zinc is often found together with lead in ores. Probably influenced by early (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Min Nan 倭鉛/倭铅 (e-iân), early (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 倭鉛/倭铅 (wōqiān, literally “Japanese lead” → “zinc”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.