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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