# 元素
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuánsù
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyun$^4$ sou$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngun$^3$ lhu$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-su / ngiàn-su
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sò͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): nguêng$^5$ su$^3$ / nguang$^5$ su$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuánsù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuánsù
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^2$-su$^4$
*** Yale: ywán-sù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuansuh
*** Palladius: юаньсу (juanʹsu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn³⁵ su⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$元素 原宿
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: yùhn sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^4$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²¹ sou̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngun$^3$ lhu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡun²² ɬu³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-su
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngien$^ˇ$ su
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ su$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ su⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-su
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngian$^ˇ$ su
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ su$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ su⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: guân-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goansox
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: nguêng$^5$ su$^3$ / nguang$^5$ su$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguêng sù / nguâng sù
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ su²¹³/, /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ su²¹³/
* nguêng5 su3 - Chaozhou;
* nguang5 su3 - Shantou, Jieyang.

### Noun

元素
* (chemistry) element
* element (an essential characteristic)
* (set theory) element (one of the objects in a set) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
* (computing) element (conceptual object in a markup language)

#### Synonyms

* (element): (obsolete) 原素 (yuánsù), (obsolete) 原質／原质 (yuánzhì)

#### Derived terms

* 元素週期表／元素周期表 (yuánsù zhōuqībiǎo)
* 化學元素／化学元素 (huàxué yuánsù)
* 合金元素
* 微量元素 (wēiliàng yuánsù)
* 放射性元素 (fàngshèxìng yuánsù)
* 標記元素／标记元素 (biāojì yuánsù)
* 示蹤元素／示踪元素 (shìzōng yuánsù)
* 稀土元素 (xītǔ yuánsù)
* 稀有元素 (xīyǒu yuánsù)
* 重元素
* 金屬元素／金属元素

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 元 | 素 |
| げん Grade: 2 | そ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

元 (gen, “element”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”). Calque of Dutch hoofdstof.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げんそ [géꜜǹsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃so̞]

### Noun

元(げん)素(そ) • (genso)
* (chemistry) element, chemical element

#### Alternative forms

* 原素

#### Derived terms

* 希元素 (kigenso): rare element
* 希土類元素 (kidorui genso): rare earth elements
* 金属元素 (kinzoku genso): metallic element
* 人工元素 (jinkō genso): synthetic element
* 遷移元素 (sen'i genso): transition element
* 窒素族元素 (chissozoku genso): nitrogen group
* 超ウラン元素 (chōuran-genso): transuranium element
* 超重元素 (chōjū-genso): transuranium element
* 同位元素 (dōi genso): isotope
* 白金族元素 (hakkinzoku genso): platinum group metals
* ハロゲン族元素 (harogenzoku genso): halogen family elements
* 非金属元素 (hikinzoku genso): nonmetallic element
* 微量元素 (biryō genso): trace element
* 放射性元素 (hōshasei genso): radioactive element
* 四大元素 (yondai-genso): the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
* 元素記号 (genso kigō): chemical symbol
* 元素周期律 (genso shūkiritsu): periodic table of the elements
* 元素周期律表 (genso shūkiritsuhyō): periodic law

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 元 | 素 |

### Noun

元素 • (wonso) (hangeul 원소)
* hanja form of 원소 (“chemical element”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 元 | 素 |

### Noun

元素
* chữ Hán form of nguyên tố (“chemical element”).