硫

硫	U+786B, 硫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-786B

硫	U+F9CE, 硫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CE

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[U+F9CD]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

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[U+F9CF]

Translingual

Han character

硫 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜戈山 (MRYIU), four-corner 1061₃, composition ⿰石㐬)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24229
Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2435, character 1
Unihan data for U+786B

Unihan data for U+F9CE

Chinese

trad.		硫
simp. ^#		硫
alternative forms		磂

Chemical element
S
Previous: *磷 (lín) (P)*
Next: 氯 (lǜ) (Cl)

Wikipedia has articles on:

硫 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
硫 (Cantonese)
硫 (Classical)
硫 (Gan)
硫 (Wu)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (流) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
流	*ru
硫	*ru
琉	*ru
旒	*ru
瑬	*ru
裗	*ru

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ru) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + abbreviated phonetic 流 (OC *ru).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Derivative: 鋶／锍 (liǔ, “sulfonium”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liú (liu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liû

(Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
  - Wade–Giles: liu²
  - Yale: lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
  - Palladius: лю (lju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lau⁴
  - Yale: làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù
  - Hakka Romanization System: liu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liu²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
  - Tâi-lô: liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lieu
  - MiniDict: lieu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²³/

Middle Chinese: ljuw

Rime
Character	硫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力求切
Baxter	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/
Li Rong	/liu/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	硫
Reading #	1/1
No.	8336
Phonetic component	流
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉
Old Chinese	/*ru/

Definitions

硫

(chemistry) sulfur

Compounds

三氧化硫 (sānyǎnghuàliú)
二氧化硫 (èryǎnghuàliú)
二氯化二硫 (èrlǜhuà'èrliú)
二氯化硫 (èrlǜhuàliú)
二甲基硫醚 (èrjiǎjīliúmí)
二甲硫醚 (èrjiǎliúmí)
二硫鍵／二硫键 (èrliújiàn)
亞硫酐／亚硫酐
亞硫酸／亚硫酸 (yàliúsuān)
亞硫酸鹽／亚硫酸盐 (yàliúsuānyán)
硫化 (liúhuà)
硫化氫／硫化氢 (liúhuàqīng)
硫化物 (liúhuàwù)
硫化鈉／硫化钠 (liúhuànà)
硫化銀／硫化银 (liúhuàyín)
硫磺 (liúhuáng)
硫磺島／硫磺岛 (Liúhuángdǎo)
硫磺泉
硫磺群島／硫磺群岛
硫磺谷
硫胺素 (liú'ànsù)
硫脲 (liúniào)
硫酸 (liúsuān)
硫酸菸鹼／硫酸烟碱
硫酸鈣／硫酸钙 (liúsuāngài)
硫酸鉀／硫酸钾 (liúsuānjiǎ)
硫酸銀／硫酸银 (liúsuānyín)
硫酸鐵／硫酸铁 (liúsuāntiě)
硫酸鹽／硫酸盐 (liúsuānyán)
硫醚 (liúmí)
硫黃／硫黄 (liúhuáng)
雙硫鍵／双硫键 (shuāngliújiàn)

References

“硫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02837

Japanese

Kanji

硫

(Jōyō kanji)

sulfur

Readings

Go-on: る (ru)
Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
Kun: いおう (iō, 硫)^{←いわう (iwau, 硫, historical)}

Compounds

硫黄(いおう) (iō): sulfur
硫黄島(いおうじま) (Iōjima): Iwo Jima (Satsunan island chain)
硫黄島(いおうとう) (Iōtō): Iwo Jima (Ogasawara island chain)
硫安(りゅうあん) (ryūan): ammonium sulphate
硫化(りゅうか) (ryūka): sulphuration
硫酸(りゅうさん) (ryūsan): sulphuric acid

Korean

Hanja

硫 (eum 류 (ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 유 (yu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

硫: Hán Nôm readings: lưu

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