수소

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰusʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [수소]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	suso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	suso
McCune–Reischauer?	suso
Yale Romanization?	swuso

Etymology 1

Chemical element
H	Next: 헬륨 (hellyum) (He)

수소(水素)

Sino-Korean word from 水素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 水(すい)素(そ) (suiso), which is a calque of Dutch waterstof.

Noun

수소 • (suso) (hanja 水素)

1. hydrogen (H)

Derived terms

• 수소폭탄(水素爆彈) (susopoktan, “hydrogen bomb”)
• 유화수소(硫化水素) (yuhwasuso, “hydrogen sulfide”)
• 탄화수소(炭化水素) (tanhwasuso, “hydrocarbon”)
• 황화수소(黃化水素) (hwanghwasuso, “hydrogen sulfide”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 수〮쇼〮 (Yale: swú-sywó). From 수 (su-, “male”) +‎ 소 (so, “cow”).

Noun

수소 • (suso)

1. a bull

   Antonym: 암소 (amso, “cow; heifer”)