氧

See also: 氱

氧 U+6C27, 氧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C27 ← 氦 [U+6C26] CJK Unified Ideographs 氨 → [U+6C28]

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		氧

Chemical element
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Glyph origin

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng (yang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yông
• Eastern Min (BUC): iōng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ióng / iáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³
    • Yale: yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵
    • Yale: yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: iong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng
    • Tâi-lô: iáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yan
    • MiniDict: yan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiã²³/

Definitions

氧

1. (chemistry) oxygen
2. oxygen gas

Synonyms

• (oxygen): (rare, chiefly, Taiwanese Hokkien) 酸素 (suānsù)

Compounds

• 一氧化物 (yīyǎnghuàwù)
• 一氧化碳 (yīyǎnghuàtàn)
• 二氧化硫 (èryǎnghuàliú)
• 二氧化碳 (èryǎnghuàtàn)
• 二氧化鈦 / 二氧化钛 (èryǎnghuàtài)
• 二氧化錳 / 二氧化锰 (èryǎnghuàměng)
• 供氧 (gōngyǎng)
• 厭氧菌 / 厌氧菌 (yànyǎngjūn)
• 復氧能力 / 复氧能力
• 抗氧化劑 / 抗氧化剂 (kàngyǎnghuàjì)
• 有氧呼吸
• 有氧舞蹈
• 有氧運動 / 有氧运动 (yǒuyǎng yùndòng)
• 有氧飲料 / 有氧饮料
• 氧供 (yǎnggōng)
• 氧債 / 氧债
• 氧割
• 氧化 (yǎnghuà)
• 氧化作用
• 氧化劑 / 氧化剂 (yǎnghuàjì)
• 氧化焰
• 氧化物 (yǎnghuàwù)
• 氧化鈣 / 氧化钙 (yǎnghuàgài)
• 氧化鈉 / 氧化钠 (yǎnghuànà)
• 氧化鉛 / 氧化铅
• 氧化銅 / 氧化铜 (yǎnghuàtóng)
• 氧化鋁 / 氧化铝 (yǎnghuàlǚ)
• 氧化鐵 / 氧化铁 (yǎnghuàtiě)
• 氧吧 (yǎngbā)
• 氧氣 / 氧气 (yǎngqì)
• 氧氣筒 / 氧气筒
• 氧氣管 / 氧气管
• 氧氣罩 / 氧气罩 (yǎngqìzhào)
• 氫氧化物 / 氢氧化物 (qīngyǎnghuàwù)
• 氫氧焰 / 氢氧焰
• 液態氧 / 液态氧
• 液氧 (yèyǎng)
• 溶氧量
• 無氧 / 无氧
• 缺氧症
• 脫氧 / 脱氧 (tuōyǎng)
• 臭氧 (chòuyǎng)
• 臭氧層 / 臭氧层 (chòuyǎngcéng)
• 雙氧水 / 双氧水 (shuāngyǎngshuǐ)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

氧

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. synonym of 酸素 (sanso, “oxygen”)

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

氧 • (yang) (hangeul 양)

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Vietnamese

Han character

氧: Hán Nôm readings: dưỡng

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