ホウ素

Japanese

ホウ素 (hōso): crystalline elemental boron.
Kanji in this term
素
そ
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Chemical element
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 硼 (hō, “borax”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”).[1][2]

The katakana spelling of ホウ appears to be more common, perhaps due to the rarity of the 硼 kanji.

Pronunciation

Noun

ホウ素 (hiragana and katakana ホウそ, rōmaji hōso, historical hiragana はうそ)

  1. boron, B

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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