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
O
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Next: 氟 (fú) (F)

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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

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

(chemistry) oxygen
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)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

氧

(Hyōgai kanji)

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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