The names for chemical elements in East Asian languages, along with those for some chemical compounds, are among the newest words to enter the local vocabularies. Except for those metals well-known since antiquity, most elements had their names created after modern chemistry was introduced to East Asia in the 18th and 19th century, with more translations being coined for those elements discovered later.

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  • The names for chemical elements in East Asian languages, along with those for some chemical compounds, are among the newest words to enter the local vocabularies. Except for those metals well-known since antiquity, most elements had their names created after modern chemistry was introduced to East Asia in the 18th and 19th century, with more translations being coined for those elements discovered later. While most East Asian languages use--or had used--the Chinese script, only the Chinese use the characters as the predominant way of naming elements. On the other hand, the Japanese and Koreans primarily employ native alphabets for the names of the elements.
  • 在中文元素命名法裡，每個化學元素用一個漢字命名，并用該字部首来表示此元素常溫時之物态： 固態的金属元素使用金字旁。例：銅、銠 固體的非金属元素使用石字旁。例：硅、碳 气態的非金屬元素使用氣字旁。例：氧、氟 液態元素使用水字旁（在左偏旁時作三點水）。例：汞、溴
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  • The names for chemical elements in East Asian languages, along with those for some chemical compounds, are among the newest words to enter the local vocabularies. Except for those metals well-known since antiquity, most elements had their names created after modern chemistry was introduced to East Asia in the 18th and 19th century, with more translations being coined for those elements discovered later.
  • 在中文元素命名法裡，每個化學元素用一個漢字命名，并用該字部首来表示此元素常溫時之物态： 固態的金属元素使用金字旁。例：銅、銠 固體的非金属元素使用石字旁。例：硅、碳 气態的非金屬元素使用氣字旁。例：氧、氟 液態元素使用水字旁（在左偏旁時作三點水）。例：汞、溴
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  • Chemical elements in East Asian languages
  • 元素的中文命名法
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