氮
Nitrogen N · 7
gas · period 2, group 15 · p-block
Anatomy
气 radical 气 qì
gas → gas
+ gas → gas
炎 sound and meaning
= 氮 dàn
Meaning-based. The second half also names a property of the element. Refers to 淡 “diluting”, the element that dilutes air
Homophones
No other element shares this syllable.
Unicode
U+6C2E in CJK Unified Ideographs