氢

qīng

hydrogen (chemistry)

gas (气) + shrunken 轻 light (又工) = hydrogen, the lightest gas

气 marks this as a gas. The 又工 tucked inside is the compressed sound-part of 轻 qīng (light): chemists coined 氢 for the lightest of all gases, so the sound and the science tell the same story.

气+又+工→氢
又Right hand (here just a stroke block)Phonetic
工WorkPhonetic
气GasSemantic

水是由氢和氧组成的。

shuǐ shì yóu qīng hé yǎng zǔ chéng de。

Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen.

氢是宇宙中含量最多的元素。

qīng shì yǔ zhòu zhōng hán liàng zuì duō de yuán sù。

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe.

Words with 氢

氢氧化钠

qīng yǎng huà nà

caustic soda

过氧化氢

guò yǎng huà qīng

hydrogen peroxide H2O2

过氧化氢酶

guò yǎng huà qīng méi

catalase (enzyme)

重氢

zhòng qīng

heavy hydrogen (isotope)

双氢睾酮

shuāng qīng gāo tóng

dihydrotestosterone

丙酮酸脱氢酶

bǐng tóng suān tuō qīng méi

pyruvate dehydrogenase

加氢油

jiā qīng yóu

hydrogenated oil

四氢大麻酚

sì qīng dà má fēn

Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC

氟化氢

fú huà qīng

hydrofluoric acid

氢化氰

qīng huà qíng

hydrocyanic acid

氢原子

qīng yuán zǐ

hydrogen atom

氢氟烃

qīng fú tīng

hydrofluorocarbon

More characters with 气

氨氮氦氪饩氩氧