硫

硫 U+786B, 硫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-786B ← 硪 [U+786A] CJK Unified Ideographs 硬 → [U+786C]

硫 U+F9CE, 硫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CE ← 留 [U+F9CD] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 紐 → [U+F9CF]

Translingual

Han character

硫 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜戈山 (MRYIU), four-corner 1061₃, composition ⿰石㐬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24229
• Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2435, character 1
• Unihan data for U+786B

• Unihan data for U+F9CE

Chinese

trad.		硫
simp. #		硫
alternative forms		磂

Chemical element
S
Previous: 磷 (lín) (P)
Next: 氯 (lǜ) (Cl)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (流) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
流	*ru
硫	*ru
琉	*ru
旒	*ru
瑬	*ru
裗	*ru

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ru) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + abbreviated phonetic 流 (OC *ru).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Derivative: 鋶／锍 (liǔ, “sulfonium”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²
    • Yale: lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: liu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
    • Tâi-lô: liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lieu
    • MiniDict: lieu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw

Rime
Character	硫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力求切
Baxter	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/
Li Rong	/liu/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	硫
Reading #	1/1
No.	8336
Phonetic component	流
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉
Old Chinese	/*ru/

Definitions

硫

1. (chemistry) sulfur

Compounds

• 三氧化硫 (sānyǎnghuàliú)
• 二氧化硫 (èryǎnghuàliú)
• 二氯化二硫 (èrlǜhuà'èrliú)
• 二氯化硫 (èrlǜhuàliú)
• 二甲基硫醚 (èrjiǎjīliúmí)
• 二甲硫醚 (èrjiǎliúmí)
• 二硫鍵 / 二硫键 (èrliújiàn)
• 亞硫酐 / 亚硫酐
• 亞硫酸 / 亚硫酸 (yàliúsuān)
• 亞硫酸鹽 / 亚硫酸盐 (yàliúsuānyán)
• 硫化 (liúhuà)
• 硫化氫 / 硫化氢 (liúhuàqīng)
• 硫化物 (liúhuàwù)
• 硫化鈉 / 硫化钠 (liúhuànà)
• 硫化銀 / 硫化银 (liúhuàyín)
• 硫磺 (liúhuáng)
• 硫磺島 / 硫磺岛 (Liúhuángdǎo)
• 硫磺泉
• 硫磺群島 / 硫磺群岛
• 硫磺谷
• 硫胺素 (liú'ànsù)
• 硫脲 (liúniào)
• 硫酸 (liúsuān)
• 硫酸菸鹼 / 硫酸烟碱
• 硫酸鈣 / 硫酸钙 (liúsuāngài)
• 硫酸鉀 / 硫酸钾 (liúsuānjiǎ)
• 硫酸銀 / 硫酸银 (liúsuānyín)
• 硫酸鐵 / 硫酸铁 (liúsuāntiě)
• 硫酸鹽 / 硫酸盐 (liúsuānyán)
• 硫醚 (liúmí)
• 硫黃 / 硫黄 (liúhuáng)
• 雙硫鍵 / 双硫键 (shuāngliújiàn)

References

• “硫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02837

Japanese

Kanji

硫

(Jōyō kanji)

1. sulfur

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: いおう (iō, 硫)^{←いわう (iwau, 硫, historical)}

Compounds

• 硫黄(いおう) (iō): sulfur
• 硫黄島(いおうじま) (Iōjima): Iwo Jima (Satsunan island chain)
• 硫黄島(いおうとう) (Iōtō): Iwo Jima (Ogasawara island chain)
• 硫安(りゅうあん) (ryūan): ammonium sulphate
• 硫化(りゅうか) (ryūka): sulphuration
• 硫酸(りゅうさん) (ryūsan): sulphuric acid

Korean

Hanja

硫 (eum 류 (ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 유 (yu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

硫: Hán Nôm readings: lưu

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