yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
鿭

Nihonium Nh · 113

nǐ

solid metal · period 7, group 13 · p-block

Anatomy

金 radical 金 jīn
metal → solid metal
+ 尔 phonetic
from nihonium =
鿭 nǐ

Transliteration. The phonetic half approximates the international name. Nihonium

History of the character

Every form found in the sources, from the first missionary chemistry books of the 1850s to the current standards. Hover a dot for the source. Simplified 鿭, traditional 鿭.

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鈤 rì
2016 · 曾提議 · Proposed, not adopted — Various 日 for Japan; rejected because names follow Western sound
鋐 hóng
2016 · 曾提議 · Proposed, not adopted — Various second syllable, as 鈧 does; rejected
鉨 nǐ
2017 · 113、115、117、118號元素中文定名 · Names of elements 113, 115, 117, 118 (2017) — CNCTST with the State Language Commission 钅 + 尔; a character with 兒 would have sounded like 鈮 niobium
鿭 nǐ
  1. 2016 鈤 rì 曾提議 Proposed, not adopted, Various 日 for Japan; rejected because names follow Western sound
  2. 2016 鋐 hóng 曾提議 Proposed, not adopted, Various second syllable, as 鈧 does; rejected
  3. 2017 鉨 nǐ 113、115、117、118號元素中文定名 Names of elements 113, 115, 117, 118, CNCTST with the State Language Commission 钅 + 尔; a character with 兒 would have sounded like 鈮 niobium

Homophones

Same syllable, different tone: 铌 ní Niobium.

Elsewhere

Japanese ニホニウム Korean 니호늄 Vietnamese nihoni

Western name from Japanese 日本 (Nihon), “Japan”. Compare all

Unicode

U+9FED in CJK Unified Ideographs

Element discovered 2003.