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青酸カリ (せいさんカリ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

青せい酸さんカリ

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Meanings

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potassium cyanide

Common abbreviation for シアン化カリウム (potassium cyanide). Used in chemistry, crime reports, and discussions of poisons.

See also: シアン化カリウム

青せい

酸さん

カリ

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猛もう

毒どく

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知し

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れ

て

いる

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Potassium cyanide is known as a deadly poison.

事じ件けん現げん場ばから青せい酸さんカリが検けん出しゅつされた。

Potassium cyanide was detected at the crime scene.

Kanji

青blue, green
酸acid, bitterness, sour

Related words

シアン化かカリウム
Full chemical name for potassium cyanide; more formal and technical than 青酸カリ.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 青酸 (hydrocyanic acid) + カリ (from カリウム, potassium). The term 青酸 refers to the cyanide group, historically associated with a blue color in some compounds.