氧

See also: 氱

Translingual

Han character

氧 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人弓廿手 (ONTQ), four-corner 8051₇, composition ⿹气羊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17064
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2011, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6C27

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		氧

Chemical element
O
Previous: 氮 (dàn) (N)
Next: 氟 (fú) (F)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + abbreviated phonetic 養 (“to nourish”).

Etymology

From 養／养 (yǎng, “to nourish”) in 養氣／养气 [19th c.], referring to oxygen's role in sustaining life.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 氧

1. oxygen

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

氧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Synonym of 酸素 (sanso, “oxygen”)

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

氧 • (yang) (hangeul 양)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 氧 (dưỡng)

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