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    3. 元素

    元素

    元げん素そ

    element

    N1KMT8News #25+1CoreNounScience & MathKanji Vocab14 strokes

    原素

    げんそ

    Noun

    1.
    element, chemical element
    chemistry
    2.
    (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire)
    3.
    origin, source
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 14

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    水みずは水すい素そと酸さん素そという二ふたつの元げん素そからできています。

    Water is made of two elements: hydrogen and oxygen.

    KMT7Science & Math
    周しゅう期き表ひょうには、現げんざいひゃくじゅ在うはっしゅるい118種 類 の元げん素そが記き載さいされています。

    The periodic table currently lists 118 types of elements.

    KMT8Science & Math
    放ほう射しゃ性せい元げん素そは、医い療りょうやエネルギー分ぶん野やで利り用ようされています。

    Radioactive elements are used in the medical and energy fields.

    KMT8Science & MathMedicine & Health
    宇う宙ちゅうの初しょ期きには、最もっとも軽かるい元げん素そである水すい素そとヘリウムが生せい成せいされた。

    In the early universe, the lightest elements, hydrogen and helium, were formed.

    KMT9Science & Math
    錬れん金きん術じゅつ師したちは、卑ひ金きん属ぞくを貴き金きん属ぞくに変をかえる元げん素そを探たん求きゅうした。

    Alchemists sought an element that could transform base metals into noble metals.

    KMT9Science & MathHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    元
    もと…(7)
    beginning・former time・origin
    素
    もと…(2)
    elementary・principle・naked・uncovered
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