硫

硫 U+786B, 硫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-786B ← 硪 [U+786A] CJK Unified Ideographs 硬 → [U+786C]

硫 U+F9CE, 硫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CE ← 留 [U+F9CD] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 紐 → [U+F9CF]

Translingual

Han character

硫 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜戈山 (MRYIU), four-corner 1061₃, composition ⿰石㐬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24229
• Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2435, character 1
• Unihan data for U+786B

• Unihan data for U+F9CE

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Chinese

trad.		硫
simp. #		硫
alternative forms		磂

Chemical element
S
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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (流) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
流	*ru
硫	*ru
琉	*ru
旒	*ru
瑬	*ru
裗	*ru

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ru) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 㐬 ().

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Derivative: 鋶／锍 (liǔ, “sulfonium”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 硫

1. (chemistry) sulfur

References

• “硫”, 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–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02837

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Japanese

Kanji

硫

(Jōyō kanji)

1. sulfur

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: いおう (iō, 硫)^{←いわう (iwau, 硫, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 硫黄(いおう) (iō): sulfur
• 硫黄島(いおうじま) (Iōjima): Iwo Jima (Satsunan island chain)
• 硫黄島(いおうとう) (Iōtō): Iwo Jima (Ogasawara island chain)
• 硫安(りゅうあん) (ryūan): ammonium sulphate
• 硫化(りゅうか) (ryūka): sulphuration
• 硫酸(りゅうさん) (ryūsan): sulphuric acid

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Korean

Hanja

硫 (eum 류 (ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 유 (yu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

硫: Hán Nôm readings: lưu

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