原子

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	suffix for physics particles
simp. and trad. (原子)		原	子

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 原子(げんし) (genshi, “atom”)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 原子

1. (physics, chemistry) atom

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 原子

1. (physics, chemistry, attributive) atomic

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	子
げん Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

原(げん)子(し) • (genshi) 

1. (physics, chemistry) atom

Derived terms

• 原子価(げんしか) (genshika)
• 原子核(げんしかく) (genshikaku)
• 原子爆弾(げんしばくだん) (genshi bakudan)

• 原子量(げんしりょう) (genshiryō)
• 原子力(げんしりょく) (genshiryoku)
• 原子炉(げんしろ) (genshiro)

Descendants

• Chinese: 原子 (yuánzǐ)
• Korean: 원자 (wonja)
• Vietnamese: nguyên tử

See also

• 元素(げんそ) (genso)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
原	子

Noun

原子 • (wonja) (hangeul 원자)

1. hanja form^? of 원자 (“atom”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
原	子

Noun

原子

1. chữ Hán form of nguyên tử (“atom”).