Translingual

Han character

氙 (radical 84 气+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人弓山 (ONU), four-corner 8071₇, composition ⿹气山)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 599, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17047
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2010, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6C19

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 气 ‎(“gas”) + phonetic 山 ‎(OC *sreːn, “mountain”). The phonetic component is abbreviated from 仙 (OC *sen, “celestial being”).

Etymology

Borrowing from English xenon.

Pronunciation

Definitions

氙

1. (chemistry) xenon

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 氠 (shēn), 氥 (xī), 𣱧 (zhòng)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. xenon

Readings

• On: せん (sen)

Usage notes

This character is not used in Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

氙 • ‎(seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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