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塩素 (えんそ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

塩えん素そ

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Meanings

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noun

Chemical element, atomic number 17. Used in contexts such as water purification, disinfectants, and industrial chemistry.

水すい道どう水すいには塩えん素そが含ふくまれている。
Tap water contains chlorine.

Kanji

塩salt
素elementary, principle, naked

Similar words

塩えん化か物ぶつ
Chloride (compound), not the element itself.
次じ亜あ塩えん素そ酸さん
Hypochlorous acid, a common chlorine-based disinfectant.

Etymology

From 塩 (salt) + 素 (element), coined in the Meiji era as a calque of 'chlorine' (from Greek 'chloros', greenish-yellow).