矽

矽	U+77FD, 矽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77FD

← 矼
[U+77FC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

矾 →
[U+77FE]

Translingual

Han character

矽 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓戈 (MRNI), four-corner 1762₀, composition ⿰石夕)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 827, character 19

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24045

Dae Jaweon: page 1242, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2418, character 2

Unihan data for U+77FD

Chinese

trad.		矽
simp. ^#		矽

Chemical element
Si
Previous: 鋁／铝 (lǚ) (Al)
Next: *磷 (lín) (P)*

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

From English silicon. Coined by Chinese scientist Xu Shou in 1871. The term is dated in Mainland China as it is homophonous to 硒 (xī) "selenium" and 錫／锡 (xī) "tin".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī, xì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sia̍k / se̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: si
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹
  - Yale: syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sì
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
  - Yale: syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik⁶
  - Yale: jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siak̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹/

Note: se̍k - literary.

Definitions

矽

(chemistry, chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong, dated in Mainland China) silicon [from 1871]
Synonym: 硅 (guī) (Mainland China)

Compounds

矽土
矽晶片
矽烷 (xīwán)
矽砂
矽碳棒
矽粉病
矽線石／矽线石
矽肺 (xīfèi)
矽肺症
矽藻
矽藻土
矽谷 (xīgǔ)
矽質岩／矽质岩
矽酸 (xīsuān)
矽酸鹽／矽酸盐 (xīsuānyán)
矽鋼／矽钢
矽鎂層／矽镁层
綠色矽島／绿色矽岛
肺塵矽症／肺尘矽症

References

“矽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Korean

Hanja

矽 • (seok) (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune–Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

矽: Hán Việt readings: tịch

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References

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