ホウ素

Japanese
ホウ素 (hōso): crystalline elemental boron.
Kanji in this term
素
そ
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
硼素 (rare)
Chemical element
B
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Etymology

Compound of 硼 (hō, “borax”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”).[1][2] First used by Ishiguro Tadanori in Kagaku Kunmō in 1870,[3] probably from 蓬(ほう)砂(しゃ)素(そ) (hōshaso) in Seimi Kaisō by Udagawa Yōan, which is a calque of Dutch boraxstof.

Pronunciation

Noun

ホウ素(そ) • (hōso) ←はうそ (fauso)?

  1. boron, B

Synonyms
  • ボロン (boron)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Fumiko Kōji, Shōzō Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Hirata, 日本各地の明治中期の理科授業筆記の発見と当時の元素教育
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