熵
Translingual
Han character
熵 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火卜金月 (FYCB), four-corner 90827, composition ⿰火商)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 681, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2229, character 14
- Unihan data for U+71B5
Chinese
| trad. | 熵 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 熵 | |
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 商 (OC *hljaŋ, “quotient”)
Coined by Chinese physical scientist Hu Gangfu in 1923 to translate the concept of entropy in thermodynamics, where 商 (shāng, “quotient”) represents the quotient of heat and temperature, and 火 (huǒ, “fire”) represents its relation to thermodynamics.
Pronunciation
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Definitions
- entropy (in physics, information theory, etc.)
Derived terms
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