氯
Meanings
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- 1.chlorine (chemistry)
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Wiktionary
- 1.chlorine
- 2.chlorine gas
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 彔. 彔 is also a reduced form of 綠 (“green”), serving as a semantic component. From 綠氣／绿气 (“green gas”) in the 19th century, which is a calque of English chlorine, referring to the colour of chlorine gas.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
自來水有可能含有氯、鉛等有害物質。
There's a chance that tap water may contain harmful substances like chlorine and lead.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
氯酸 chloric acid HClO3氯苯 chlorobenzene C6H5Cl氯喹 chloroquine (antimalarial drug)氯仿 chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)氯纶 polyvinyl chloride fiber氯气 chlorine氯单质 molecular chlorine氯胺酮 ketamine (C13H16ClNO)氯化氰 cyanogen chloride CNCl氯痤疮 chloracne碳酰氯 carbonyl chloride COCl2氯乙烯 vinyl chloride (chloroethene C2H3Cl)