硅

硅 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口土土 (MRGG), four-corner 1461₄, composition ⿰石圭)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 829, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24151
• Dae Jaweon: page 1245, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2427, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7845

• 硅 on Wikidata.Wikidata

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 圭 (guī).

An orthographic borrowing from Japanese 硅(けい)素(そ) (keiso) (Wu, 2010); pronunciation from its phonetic part 圭 (guī) (ibid.), in turn from Dutch keiaarde (“silicon”). The usage of 矽 (xī) is dated in Mainland China as it is homophonous to 硒 (xī) "selenium" and 錫／锡 (xī) "tin". In Taiwan, these three words are not homophonous.

1933 work 化學命名原則 says:

Silicon舊譯一作硅，一作矽，硅由日名珪素孳演而成，因爲固體，故改王旁爲石；於義既無可取，不如用諧聲之矽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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Silicon旧译一作硅，一作矽，硅由日名珪素孳演而成，因为固体，故改王旁为石；于义既无可取，不如用谐声之矽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 1933, 國立編譯館, 化學命名原則

Silicon jiù yì yī zuò guī, yī zuò xī, guī yóu rì míng guīsù zīyǎn ér chéng, yīn wèi gùtǐ, gù gǎi wáng páng wèi shí; yú yì jì wú kěqǔ, bùrú yòng xiéshēng zhī xī. [Pinyin]

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硅

1. (Mainland China, chemistry) silicon

   Synonym: 矽 (xī) (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C08724
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02950-000

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

As variant kanji of 珪: (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}

As variant kanji of 砉: (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)^{←きやく (kyaku, historical)←くゐやく (kwyaku, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: やぶる (yaburu, 硅る)

• 硅(けい)素(そ) (keiso, “silicon”)

硅 (eum 규 (gyu))

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硅: Hán Nôm readings: khuê
硅: Nôm readings: cuội[1]

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