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分子

分子

See also: 份子

Chinese

 
to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng
 
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad.
(分子) 		分 子

Noun

分子

  1. (chemistry) molecule
  2. (arithmetic) numerator

Derived terms

Pronunciation

Noun

分子

  1. member (of a class); element (of a group of people)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分 子
ぶん
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 分子 ‎(pjun tsiX)

Noun

分子 ‎(hiragana ぶんし, romaji bunshi)

  1. element (of a group)
  2. (arithmetic) numerator (of a fraction)
  3. (chemistry) molecule

Descendants

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
分 子

Noun

分子 • ‎(bunja) ‎(hangeul 분자)

  1. Hanja form? of 분자, “molecule; element; numerator”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
分 子

Noun

分子

  1. Hán tự form of phân tử, “molecule”
  2. Hán tự form of phần tử, “element”

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 分子 (ぶんし) ‎(bunshi, “molecule, numerator”), semantically readapted from Chinese 分子 (“element”).

Pronunciation

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