氦

氦 U+6C26, 氦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C26 ← 氥 [U+6C25] CJK Unified Ideographs 氧 → [U+6C27]

Translingual

Han character

氦 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人弓卜女人 (ONYVO), four-corner 8081₇, composition ⿹气亥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17063
• Dae Jaweon: page 992, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2011, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6C26

Chinese

simp. and trad.		氦

Chemical element
He
Previous: 氫／氢 (qīng) (H)
Next: 鋰／锂 (lǐ) (Li)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 亥 (hài).

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin helium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hài (hai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hoi
• Eastern Min (BUC): hâi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāi / hǎi
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ghe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hài
    • Wade–Giles: hai⁴
    • Yale: hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hay
    • Palladius: хай (xaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi⁶
    • Yale: hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hoi̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɑi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāi
    • Tâi-lô: hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎi
    • Tâi-lô: hǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghe
    • MiniDict: ghe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²³/

Definitions

氦

1. (chemistry) helium

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 氜 (rì)

References

• “氦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

氦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. helium, He

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: がい (gai)

Usage notes

This kanji is only very rarely encountered. Use ヘリウム for the word helium instead.

Korean

Hanja

氦 • (hae) (hangeul 해)

1. helium