塩素

Japanese

Kanji in this term
塩	素
えん Grade: 4	そ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
鹽素 (kyūjitai)

Chemical element
Cl
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Etymology

塩 (en, “salt”) + 素 (so, “chemical element”). Calque of Dutch zoutstof, from the fact that it is a main ingredient of table salt. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“鹽素”).

Noun

塩(えん)素(そ) • (enso) 

1. chlorine, Cl

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 塩素ガス中毒 (enso gasu chūdoku): chloride gas poisoning
• 塩素水 (ensosui): chlorine water
• 塩素爆鳴気 (enso-bakumeiki): chlorine detonating gas
• 塩素酸 (ensosan): chloric acid

• 塩素酸カリウム (ensosan kariumu): potassium chlorate
• 塩素酸ナトリウム (ensosan natoriumu): sodium chlorate
• 塩素酸塩 (enso-san'en): chlorate

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.