亜鉛

Japanese
Chemical element
Zn Previous: 銅 (どう) (dō) (C)
Next: ガリウム (gariumu) (Ga)
Kanji in this term
亜 鉛
あ
Grade: S		 えん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

First appears in Japanese in the 1713 edition of the 和漢三才図会 (Wakan Sansai Zue, “Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia”). Appears to be a Japanese coinage as 亜 (a, “next, sub-”) + 鉛 (en, “lead”, the metal), probably from the way that zinc is often found together with lead in ores. Probably influenced by early Min Nan 倭鉛 (e-iân), early Mandarin 倭鉛 (wōqiān, literally “Japanese lead” → “zinc”).

Pronunciation

Noun

亜鉛 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 亞鉛, hiragana あえん, rōmaji aen)

  1. zinc, Zn

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 亜 (あ)鉛 (えん)華 (か) (aenka): zinc white, zinc oxide
  • 亜鉛鉄 (あえんてつ) (aen tetsu): galvanized iron
  • 亜 (あ)鉛 (えん)板 (ばん) (aenban): zinc plate
  • 亜 (あ)鉛 (えん)版 (ばん) (aenban): zinc etching
  • 亜鉛末 (あえんまつ) (aen matsu): zinc dust
  • 亜 (あ)鉛 (えん)引 (び)き (aenbiki): zinc coated
  • 亜 (あ)鉛 (えん)合 (ごう)金 (きん) (aen gōkin): zinc alloy
  • 亜鉛中毒 (あえんちゅうどく) (aen chūdoku): zinc poisoning
  • 亜 (あ)鉛 (えん)鉄 (てっ)板 (ぱん) (aen teppan): galvanized sheet iron
  • 亜 (あ)鉛 (えん)凸 (とっ)版 (ぱん) (aen toppan): photoengraving
  • 亜 (あ)鉛 (えん)華 (か)軟 (なん)膏 (こう) (aen kanankō): zinc oxide ointment
  • 塩 (えん)化 (か)亜 (あ)鉛 (えん) (enka aen): zinc chloride
  • 酵 (こう)母 (ば)亜 (あ)鉛 (えん) (kōba aen): zinc yeast
  • 酸 (さん)化 (か)亜 (あ)鉛 (えん) (sanka aen): zinc oxide
  • 硫 (りゅう)化 (か)亜 (あ)鉛 (えん) (ryūka aen): zinc sulfide
  • 硫 (りゅう)酸 (さん)亜 (あ)鉛 (えん) (ryūsan aen): zinc sulfate

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.