氯
Chlorine Cl · 17
gas · period 3, group 17 · p-block
Anatomy
气 radical 气 qì
gas → gas
+ gas → gas
录 sound and meaning
= 氯 lǜ
Meaning-based. The second half also names a property of the element. Refers to 绿 “green”, Gr. chlōros (green)
Homophones
Same syllable, different tone: 铝 lǚ Aluminium, 镥 lǔ Lutetium, 𬬻 lú Rutherfordium.
Unicode
U+6C2F in CJK Unified Ideographs