氧

氧 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人弓廿手 (ONTQ), four-corner 8051₇, composition ⿹气羊)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 599, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17064
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2011, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6C27

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + abbreviated phonetic 養 (yǎng, “to nourish”).

From 養／养 (yǎng, “to nourish”) in 養氣／养气 [19th c.], referring to oxygen's role in sustaining life. Derivative: 𨦡／𰽽 (yáng, “oxonium”).

氧

1. (chemistry) oxygen
2. oxygen gas

• (oxygen): (rare, chiefly, Taiwan Min Nan) 酸素 (suānsù)

• “氧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Synonym of 酸素 (sanso, “oxygen”)

• Kan’yō-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}

氧 • (yang) (hangeul 양)

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氧: Hán Nôm readings: dưỡng

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