ヒ素

Japanese

Chemical element
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Kanji in this term
素
そ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
砒素

Etymology

From 砒(ひ) (hi, “arsenic”) and 素(そ) (so, “element”), created by Morisaburō Ichikawa in Rika Nikki (1872).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ヒそ [híꜜsò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3][4]
• (Tokyo) ヒそ [hìsóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [çi̥so̞]

Noun

ヒ素(そ) or ヒ素(そ) • (hiso) 

1. arsenic (chemical element)

References

1. Fumiko Kōji, Shōzō Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Hirata, 日本各地の明治中期の理科授業筆記の発見と当時の元素教育
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN