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ホウ素 (ホウそ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ホウ素そ

also: ほうそ

ホ

ウ

そ

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

boron (B)

Chemical element with atomic number 5. Used in scientific and technical contexts.

ホウ素そは半はん導どう体たいの材ざい料りょうとして使つかわれる。
Boron is used as a material for semiconductors.

Written forms

ホウ素そUsage74%
Standard kanji-katakana hybrid spelling for the chemical element boron.
ほう素そUsage22%
Hiragana-katakana hybrid spelling; less common than ホウ素.
硼ほう素そUsage4%
Rare kanji spelling using the character 硼; mainly encountered in older scientific texts.
ほうそ

Kanji

素elementary, principle, naked
硼sound of stones struck together, boron

Etymology

From German 'Bor' or English 'boron', combined with 素 (element). The kanji 硼 is a Chinese character used for borax/boron.