磷
Phosphorus P · 15
solid non-metal · period 3, group 15 · p-block
Anatomy
石 radical 石 shí
stone → solid non-metal
+ stone → solid non-metal
粦 phonetic
= 磷 lín
Ancient name. Known in China long before modern chemistry; the old character was kept. “glowing”, Gr. phôsphóros (light bearing); known since ancient times
Homophones
No other element shares this syllable.
Unicode
U+78F7 in CJK Unified Ideographs