Английская Википедия:Chemical elements in East Asian languages

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The names for chemical elements in East Asian languages, along with those for some chemical compounds (mostly organic), are among the newest words to enter the local vocabularies. Except for those metals well-known since antiquity, the names of most elements were created after modern chemistry was introduced to East Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries, with more translations being coined for those elements discovered later.

While most East Asian languages use—or have used—the Chinese script, only the Chinese language uses logograms as the predominant way of naming elements. Native phonetic writing systems are primarily used for element names in Japanese (Katakana), Korean (Hangul) and Vietnamese (chữ Quốc ngữ).

Chinese

In Chinese, characters for the elements are the last officially created and recognized characters in the Chinese writing system. Unlike characters for unofficial varieties of Chinese (e.g., written Cantonese) or other now-defunct ad hoc characters (e.g., those by the Empress Wu), the names for the elements are official, consistent, and taught (with Mandarin pronunciation) to every Chinese and Taiwanese student who has attended public schools (usually by the first year of middle school). New names and symbols are decided upon by the China National Committee for Terminology in Science and Technology.[1]

Native characters

Some metallic elements were already familiar to the Chinese, as their ores were already excavated and used extensively in China for construction, alchemy, and medicine. These include the long-established group of "Five Metals" (五金) — gold (金), silver (銀/银), copper (銅/铜), iron (鐵/铁), and tin (錫/锡) — as well as lead (鉛/铅) and mercury (汞).

Some non-metals were already named in Chinese as well, because their minerals were in widespread use.[2] For example,

Characters based on European pronunciations

However, the Chinese did not know about most of the elements until they were isolated during the Industrial Age. These new elements therefore required new characters, which were invented using the phono-semantic principle. Each character consists of two parts, one to signify the meaning and the other to hint at the sound:

The semantic (meaning) part is also the radical of the character. It refers to the element's usual state at room temperature and standard pressure. Only four radicals are used for elements: Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang (jīn "gold; metal") for solid metals, Шаблон:Lang (shí "stone, rock") for solid non-metals, Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang (shuǐ "water") for liquids, and Шаблон:Lang ( "air, steam") for gases.

The phonetic (sound) part represents the character's pronunciation and is a partial transliteration of the element. For each element character, this is a unique phonetic component. Since 118 elements have been discovered, over 100 phonetic components are used in naming the elements. Because many characters in modern Chinese are homophones, including for tone, two different phonetic components can be pronounced the same. Current practice dictates that new names should avoid being homophonous with previous element names or with organic functional groups. However, this rule was not rigorously followed in the past, and confusingly, the names of tin (锡) and selenium (硒) both have the pronunciation with the same tone. The alternative pronunciation for tin is recommended by the National Committee for Approval of Terms in Science and Technology (全国科学技术名词审定委员会).

锡 (tin) and 硒 (selenium) are not homophones in Nanjing Mandarin, which was the prestige dialect of Chinese when most elements were named, which was until the late 19th century. The phonetic component of 锡, 易 (), was accurate when the character was invented around 3000 years ago, but not now because of sound change. In Middle Chinese 锡 was an entering tone character, a closed syllable ending in -p/-t/-k (or -ʔ in some modern dialects). But 硒 was constructed in the late 19th century using the (still accurate) phonetic 西 (), which in Middle Chinese was a level tone character, an open syllable with a vowel ending. In Beijing Mandarin, the variety on which Standard Modern Chinese is based, stop consonant endings of syllables were dropped, and the entering tone was merged into the other tones in a complex and irregular manner by the 16th–17th centuries, and 锡 and 西 both became Tone 1 (high tone) characters. In dialects that preserve the entering tone, like Nanjing Mandarin and Shanghainese and Cantonese, 锡 retains a -k or -ʔ ending and 锡 and 西 (硒) are pronounced differently.

This sometimes causes difficulty in verbal communication, as Sn and Se can both be divalent and tetravalent. Thus, SnO2 二氧化锡 and SeO2 二氧化硒 would be pronounced identically, as èryǎnghuàxī, if not for the variant for 锡. To avoid further confusion, P.R.C. authorities avoided using the name 矽 (or any tonal variants) for silicon. (On Taiwan 矽 is pronounced .)

Examples of characters derived from European pronunciations
Semantic Phonetic Шаблон:Abbr Source
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang () lithium
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang jiǎ = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang (jiǎ) kalium, Latin name for potassium
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang nèi or = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang () natrium, Latin name for sodium
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang or = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang (Taiwan / Mainland tī*) stibium, Latin name for antimony
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang niè = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang (niè) nickel
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang () cadmium
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang () wolframium, Latin name for tungsten
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang () bismuth
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang yóu = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang
   (Taiwan yòu* / Mainland yóu)
uranium
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang () aluminium
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang diǎn = Шаблон:Lang (diǎn) iodine
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang hài = Шаблон:Lang (hài) helium
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang = Шаблон:Lang () fluorine
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang nǎi = Шаблон:Lang (nǎi) neon
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang = Шаблон:Lang (Taiwan xì* / Mainland ) silicon. Mainly used in R.O.C. (Taiwan), Hong Kong, and Macau
Шаблон:Lang guī = Шаблон:Lang (guī) silicon. Derived from Japanese transliteration '珪' (kei, けい) of archaic Dutch keiaarde. Mostly used in P.R.C.
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang is primarily pronounced as nèi, but less commonly as , the source of Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang. Likewise, the primary pronunciation of Шаблон:Lang is , but the alternate reading of gave rise to Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang.
* The derived pronunciation differs (in tone or in sound) from the pronunciation of the element.

The "water" radical (Шаблон:Lang) is not used much here, as only two elements (bromine and mercury) are truly liquid at standard room temperature and pressure. Their characters are not based on the European pronunciation of the elements' names. Bromine (Шаблон:Lang), the only liquid nonmetal at room temperature, is explained in the following section. Mercury (Шаблон:Lang), now grouped with the heavy metals, was long classified as a kind of fluid in ancient China.

Meaning-based characters

A few characters, though, are not created using the above "phono-semantic" design, but are "semantic-semantic", that is, both of its parts indicate meanings. One part refers to the element's usual state (like the semanto-phonetic characters), while the other part indicates some additional property or function of the element. In addition, the second part also indicates the pronunciation of the element. Such elements are:

Semantic Semantic Шаблон:Abbr English Note
Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang bái (white) = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang [note 1] platinum The character is repurposed.[note 2]
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang chòu (stinky) = Шаблон:Lang xiù[note 1] bromine odorous (Greek Шаблон:Lang brómos also means "stench")
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang yáng, short for Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang yǎng (to nourish/foster) = Шаблон:Lang yǎng[note 3] oxygen A continuous supply of oxygenated air nourishes almost all animals
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang jīng, short for Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang qīng (light-weight) = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang qīng[note 3] hydrogen the lightest of all elements
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang , short for Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang (green) = Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang [note 3] chlorine greenish yellow in color
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang yán, short for Шаблон:Lang dàn (diluted) = Шаблон:Lang dàn[note 3] nitrogen dilutes breathable air
Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Lang lín, short for Шаблон:Lang lín (glow) = Шаблон:Lang lín phosphorus emits a faint glow in the dark

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Usage in the nomenclature for simple inorganic compounds

Simple covalent binary inorganic compounds EmXn are named as

n X 化 (huà) m E   (with n and m written as Chinese numerals),

where X is more electronegative than E, using the IUPAC formal electronegativity order. 化 as a full noun or verb means 'change; transform(ation)'. As a noun suffix, it is equivalent to the English suffixes -ized/-ated/-ified. It is the root of the word 化学 (huàxué) 'chemistry'.

For example, P4S10 is called 十硫化四磷 (shíliúhuàsìlín) (literally: 'ten sulfur of four phosphorus', 'decasulfide of tetraphosphorus'). As in English nomenclature, if m = 1, the numerical prefix of E is usually dropped in covalent compounds. For example, CO is called 一氧化碳 (yīyǎnghuàtàn) (literally: 'one oxygen of carbon', 'monoxide of carbon').

However, for compounds named as salts, numerical prefixes are dropped altogether, as in English. Thus, calcium chloride, CaCl2, is named 氯化钙 (literally: 'chloride of calcium'). The Chinese name for FeCl3, 氯化铁, literally means 'chlorinated iron' and is akin to the archaic English names 'muriated iron' or 'muriate of iron'. In this example, 氯 is 'chlorine' and 铁 is 'iron'.

There is a Chinese analog of the -ic/-ous nomenclature for higher/lower oxidation states: -ous is translated as 亚 (, 'minor; secondary'): for example, FeCl2 is 氯化亚铁 and FeCl3 is 氯化铁. In a four-way contrast, hypo- is translated as 次 (, 'inferior; following') and per- is translated as 高 (gāo, 'high, upper'). For example, the acid HClO is 次氯酸 "inferior chlorine acid", HClO2 is 亚氯酸, HClO3 is 氯酸, and HClO4 is 高氯酸. In this example, the character 酸 (suān, 'sour') means (organic or inorganic) acid. The more modern Stock nomenclature in which oxidation state is explicitly specified can also be used: thus, tin(IV) oxide (SnO2) is simply 氧化锡(IV).

Recently discovered elements

Шаблон:Special characters In 2015, IUPAC recognised the discovery of four new elements. In November 2016, IUPAC published their formal names and symbols: nihonium (113Nh), moscovium (115Mc), tennessine (117Ts), and oganesson (118Og).

Subsequently, in January 2017, the China National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies published four naming characters for these elements.[1] The National Academy for Educational Research under the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China on Taiwan published an almost identical list (the only differences being the use of the traditional Chinese metal radical '釒' in place of the simplified Chinese form '钅' for nihonium and moscovium) in April 2017.[3]

For traditional Chinese, nihonium and moscovium were then existing characters; while in simplified Chinese, only moscovium already existed in the Unicode Standard. The missing characters were added to Unicode version 11.0 as urgently-needed characters in June 2018.[4]

The Chinese characters for these symbols are:

Nihonium: Traditional: Шаблон:Unichar Simplified: Шаблон:Unichar Файл:Nihonium zh-hans.svg ()
Moscovium: Traditional: Шаблон:Unichar Simplified: Шаблон:Unichar ()
Tennessine: Both Traditional and Simplified: Шаблон:Unichar Файл:Tennessine zh.svg (tián)
Oganesson: Both Traditional and Simplified: Шаблон:Unichar Файл:Oganesson zh-hans.svg (ào)

In the periodic table

Шаблон:Periodic table (Chinese names)

Pronunciations for some elements differ between mainland China and Taiwan, as described in the article. Simplified characters and mainland Chinese pronunciations are shown above.[5] Some of the characters for the superheavy elements may not be visible depending on fonts.

Notes

Comparison of mainland China, Taiwan and SAR names
English Z Mainland China Taiwan Hong Kong/Macau
silicon 14 Шаблон:Lang guī Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang gwai1, Шаблон:Lang zik6
technetium 43 Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang daap1, Шаблон:Lang dak1
lutetium 71 Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang liú Шаблон:Lang lou5, Шаблон:Lang lau4
astatine 85 Шаблон:Lang ài Шаблон:Lang è Шаблон:Lang ngaai6, Шаблон:Lang ngo5
francium 87 Шаблон:Lang fāng Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang fong1, Шаблон:Lang faat3
neptunium 93 Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang nài Шаблон:Lang noi6, Шаблон:Lang naa4
plutonium 94 Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang bat1
americium 95 Шаблон:Lang méi Шаблон:Lang méi Шаблон:Lang mei4, Шаблон:Lang mui4
berkelium 97 Шаблон:Lang péi Шаблон:Lang běi Шаблон:Lang pui4, Шаблон:Lang bak1
californium 98 Шаблон:Lang kāi Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang hoi1, Шаблон:Lang kaa1
einsteinium 99 Шаблон:Lang āi Шаблон:Lang ài Шаблон:Lang oi1, Шаблон:Lang oi3

A minority of the "new characters" are not completely new inventions, as they coincide with archaic characters, whose original meanings have long been lost to most people. For example, (beryllium), (chromium), (lanthanum), and (protactinium), are obscure characters meaning "needle", "hook", "harrow", and "raw iron", respectively.

Some elements' names were already present as characters used in the names of members of the House of Zhu. In the early Ming dynasty, the Hongwu Emperor established a rule that his descendants' given names must follow the order of the Five Phases per generation, and should have a character including the radical for one of the Five Phases. Some later descendants had to adopt rarely used characters, and even created new characters to fit this rule, which were later readopted for chemical elements. For example,

Most element names are the same in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, merely being variants of each other, since most of the names were translated by a single body of standardization before the PRC-ROC split. However, elements discovered close to, during, or after the split sometimes have different names in Taiwan and in mainland China. In Hong Kong, both Taiwanese and mainland Chinese names are used.[6] A few pronunciations also differ even when the characters are analogous: cobalt gǔ (PRC) / gū (ROC); palladium bǎ (PRC) / bā (ROC); tin xī (PRC) / xí (ROC); antimony tī (PRC) / tì (ROC); polonium pō (PRC) / pò (ROC); uranium yóu (PRC) / yòu (ROC); bohrium bō (PRC) / pō (ROC).[5]

The isotopes of hydrogen – protium (1H), deuterium (D) and tritium (T) – are written 氕 piē, 氘 dāo and 氚 chuān, respectively, in both simplified and traditional writing. 鑀 is used in Taiwan for both einsteinium (mainland China: 锿) and ionium, a previous name for the isotope thorium-230.Шаблон:Citation needed

History

In 1871, John Fryer and Shou Xu proposed the modern convention of exclusively using single character for element names.[7]

Japanese

Like other words in the language, elements' names in Japanese can be native (yamatokotoba), from China (Sino-Japanese) or from Europe (gairaigo).

Names based on European pronunciations

Even though the Japanese language also uses Chinese characters (kanji), it primarily employs katakana to transliterate names of the elements from European languages (often German/Dutch or Latin [via German] or English). Elements not listed in any of the tables below have their names follow English, like tungsten.

English Japanese Note
tungsten Шаблон:Nihongo from English; other major European languages refer to this element as wolfram or tungsten with some additional syllable (-o, -e, etc.).
nihonium Шаблон:Nihongo The first element discovered in Japan. Named after Japan (Nihon).
sodium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in Latin
potassium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in Latin
titanium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
chromium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
manganese Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German. Formerly written with ateji as Шаблон:Lang.
selenium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
niobium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
molybdenum Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
antimony Шаблон:Nihongo From either Dutch Шаблон:Lang or German Шаблон:Lang
tellurium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
lanthanum Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
praseodymium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
neodymium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
tantalum Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
uranium Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang in German
fluorine Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Nihongo approximates flu-. Similar to the Chinese: Шаблон:Lang, plus the "air" radical (气). As Шаблон:Lang is not a commonly used kanji, it is often written Шаблон:Lang, using katakana.
iodine Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Nihongo or German Шаблон:Lang + Шаблон:Nihongo. Chinese uses Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang), the second syllable of iodine.

Native names

On the other hand, elements known since antiquity are Chinese loanwords, which are mostly identical to their Chinese counterparts, albeit in the Shinjitai, for example, iron (Шаблон:Nihongo2) is tetsu (Tang-dynasty loan) and lead (Шаблон:Nihongo2) is namari (native reading). While all elements in Chinese are single-character in the official system, some Japanese elements have two characters. Often this parallels colloquial or everyday names for such elements in Chinese, such as 水銀/水银 (Шаблон:Zh) for mercury and 硫黃/硫黄 (Шаблон:Zh) for sulfur. A special case is tin (Шаблон:Nihongo2, suzu), which is more often written in katakana (Шаблон:Lang).

English Japanese Chinese Note
mercury Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (gǒng) Шаблон:Abbr "watery silver" aka. quicksilver, like the element's symbol, Hg (Latin/Greek hydro-argyrum, "water-silver"). In the Greater China Region, 水銀/水银 is more generally used than 汞, because 汞 is not taught until the chemistry class (or physics class as in "汞液柱" while teaching atmospheric pressure) but 水銀/水银 is the word used in daily life; for example, when people talk about the mercury liquid in the thermometer, most people would say "水銀/水银" but not 汞. This kind of thermometer is called "水銀溫度計/水银温度计" (Шаблон:Abbr "watery silver thermometer") in Chinese instead of "汞溫度計/汞温度计" (Шаблон:Abbr "mercury thermometer"), which is not used at all.

In Japanese too, Шаблон:Nihongo2 exists but is very rare and literary, having an alternative obsolete reading mizugane. It is used in Шаблон:Nihongo2 shōkō "mercuric chloride" (which also exists in Chinese as shēnggǒng).

sulfur Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (liú) Шаблон:Nihongo2 (ō) means "yellow", to distinguish Шаблон:Nihongo2 from other characters pronounced the same.
zinc Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (xīn) meaning "light lead"; 鉛 is "lead" in Japanese and Chinese.
platinum Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (bó) Шаблон:Abbr "white gold". Like 水銀/水银 and 汞 in Chinese, 白金 is the "daily"/colloquial word, and 鉑/铂 is the formal name and usually won't be taught until the chemistry class. In mainland China, jewelry stores usually use the word "白金" or "铂金".
arsenic Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (shēn) hi (Шаблон:Nihongo2) < Шаблон:Nihongo hi-shimo, the Chinese name for arsenic trioxide (Шаблон:Lang). In modern Chinese, arsenic is instead shēn (砷), an approximation of the second syllable of arsenic.

The kanji Шаблон:Lang is quite rare. Often written Шаблон:Lang using katakana.

boron Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (péng) (Шаблон:Lang) < Шаблон:Nihongo, the Chinese name for borax (Шаблон:Lang). Boron is still called péng in modern Chinese.

The kanji Шаблон:Lang is extremely rare. Mostly written Шаблон:Lang using katakana.

Meaning-based names

Some names were later invented to describe properties or characteristics of the element. They were mostly introduced around the 18th century to Japan, and they sometimes differ drastically from their Chinese counterparts. The following comparison shows that Japanese does not use the radical system for naming elements like Chinese.

English Japanese Chinese Note
hydrogen Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (qīng) translation of the hydro- prefix, or translation of the Dutch word for hydrogen, Шаблон:Lang ("Water substance"), or the German word Шаблон:Lang
carbon Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (tàn) translation of the Dutch word for carbon, Шаблон:Lang ("coal substance").
nitrogen Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (dàn) translation of the Dutch word for nitrogen, Шаблон:Lang ("suffocating substance"). While nitrogen is not toxic per se and in fact constitutes the majority of air, air-breathing animals cannot survive breathing it alone (without sufficient oxygen mixed in).
oxygen Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (yǎng)

similar to the Dutch word for oxygen, Шаблон:Lang ("sour substance"), the German word Шаблон:Lang or the Greek-based oxygen ("acid maker").
Many 19th-century European chemists erroneously believed that all acids contain oxygen. (Many common ones do—called oxyacid, but not all—the ones that are called hydracid.)

silicon Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (guī) same as Chinese; the kanji Шаблон:Lang is extremely rare. Often written Шаблон:Lang using katakana. Its origin lies in the Dutch word keiaarde; kei is a partial calque. The Chinese word is an orthographical loan from Japanese.
phosphorus Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (lín) similar to Chinese, except the "fire" radical replacing the "stone" radical. The kanji Шаблон:Lang is rare. Usually written Шаблон:Lang using katakana.
chlorine Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (lǜ) together with sodium make up common table salt (NaCl); Шаблон:Lang is the Shinjitai version of Шаблон:Lang.
bromine Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Lang (xiù) similar to Chinese, except the lack of the "water" radical.

Korean

As Hanja (Sino-Korean characters) are now rarely used in Korea, all of the elements are written in Hangul. Since many Korean scientific terms were translated from Japanese sources, the pattern of naming is mostly similar to that of Japanese. Namely, the classical elements are loanwords from China, with new elements from European languages. But recently, some elements' names were changed. For example:

English Korean (before 2014) Source (South) Korean (after 2014)
gold geum (금) from Chinese jin (金) geum (금)
silver eun (은) from Chinese yin (銀) eun (은)
antimony antimon (안티몬) from German antimoni (안티모니)
tungsten teongseuten (텅스텐) from English teongseuten (텅스텐)
sodium nateuryum (나트륨) from Latin or German (Na for natrium) sodyum (소듐)
potassium kalyum (칼륨) from Latin or German kalium potasyum (포타슘)
manganese manggan (망간) from German Mangan mangganijeu (망가니즈)

Pre-modern (18th-century) elements often are the Korean pronunciation of their Japanese equivalents, e.g.,

English Korean (Hangul, hanja)
hydrogen suso (수소, 水素)
carbon tanso (탄소, 炭素)
nitrogen jilso (질소, 窒素)
oxygen sanso (산소, 酸素)
chlorine yeomso (염소, 鹽素)
zinc ayeon (아연, 亞鉛)
mercury sueun (수은, 水銀)

Vietnamese

In Vietnamese, some of the elements known since antiquity and medieval times are loanwords from Chinese, such as copper (đồng from Шаблон:Vi-nom), tin (thiếc from Шаблон:Vi-nom), mercury (thuỷ ngân from Шаблон:Vi-nom), sulfur (lưu huỳnh from Шаблон:Vi-nom), oxygen (dưỡng khí from Шаблон:Vi-nom; oxi or oxy is the more common name) and platinum (bạch kim from Шаблон:Vi-nom; platin is another common name). Others have native or old Sino-Vietnamese names, such as sắt for iron, bạc for silver, chì for lead, vàng for gold, kền for nickel (niken or nickel are the more common names) and kẽm for zinc. In either case, now they are written in the Vietnamese alphabet. Before the Latin alphabet was introduced, sắt was rendered as Шаблон:Vi-nom, bạc as Шаблон:Vi-nom, chì as Шаблон:Vi-nom, vàng as Шаблон:Vi-nom, kền as Шаблон:Vi-nom and kẽm as Шаблон:Vi-nom in Chữ Nôm.

The majority of elements are shortened and localized pronunciations of the European names (usually from French). For example:

  • Phosphorus becomes phốtpho and phosphor.
  • The -ine suffix is absent, e.g., chlorine, iodine and fluorine become clo, iốt (or iod) and flo, respectively; compare French chlore, iode, fluor.
  • The -um suffix is lost, e.g., caesium becomes xêzi (or caesi), pronounced Шаблон:IPA; compare the French césium, pronounced Шаблон:IPA (whereas the English is Шаблон:IPA).
    • Similarly, beryllium, tellurium, lithium, natrium (sodium), and lanthanum become berili, telua, liti, natri, and lantan respectively
  • The -gen suffix is lost, e.g., nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen become nitơ, ôxy and hiđrô, respectively

A minority of elements, mostly those not suffixed with -ium, retain their full name, e.g.,

  • Tungsten (aka wolfram) becomes volfram.
  • Bismuth becomes bitmut.
  • Aluminium becomes nhôm (Шаблон:Vi-nom), because the ending -nium has a similar pronunciation. It was the first element to be known in English in Vietnam.
  • Elements with the -on suffix (e.g. noble gases) seem to be inconsistent. Boron and silicon are respectively shortened to bo and silic. On the other hand, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon do not have common shorter forms.
  • Unlike the other halogens, astatine retains its suffix (astatin in Vietnamese).
  • Antimony is shortened to antimon, and arsenic to asen; these names are similar to the German ones (Antimon and Arsen, respectively).

Some elements have multiple names, for instance, potassium is known as pô-tát and kali (from kalium, the element's Latin name).

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

  • Wright, David (2000). Translating Science: The Transmission of Western Chemistry into Late Imperial China, 1840–1900. Leiden; Boston: Brill. See especially Chapter Seven, "On Translation".

External links

Periodic tables

Articles

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