수소

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?suso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?suso
McCune–Reischauer?suso
Yale Romanization?swuso

Etymology 1
Chemical element
H Next: 헬륨 (hellyum) (He)
수소(水素)

Sino-Korean word from 水素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 水(すい)素(そ) (suiso), which is a calque of Dutch waterstof.

Noun

수소 • (suso) (hanja 水素)

  1. hydrogen (H)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 수〮쇼〮 (Yale: swú-sywó). From 수 (su-, “male”) +‎ 소 (so, “cow”).

Noun

수소 • (suso)

  1. a bull
    Coordinate term: 암소 (amso)
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