汞

銾

gǒng

工 + 水

Definitions

gǒng mercury (chemistry)

gǒng variant of 汞[gǒng]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 水 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銾.

Semantic: 水 Phonetic: 工

About

汞 is the standard chemical term for the element mercury, a heavy, silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature. It is a phono-semantic compound with 水 (water) at the bottom, chosen for the metal's fluid, liquid state, and 工 (gōng) at the top, providing the pronunciation. The character is the simplified form of 銾. Older texts often described this element as 水银 (shuǐyín, "water silver"), but 汞 combines the semantic and phonetic components into a concise single-character scientific name.

Example Sentences Hide

汞是一种液态金属。

Gǒng shì yī zhǒng yètài jīnshǔ.

Mercury is a liquid metal.

温度计中含有汞。

Wēndùjì zhōng hányǒu gǒng.

Thermometers contain mercury.

汞在常温下是液体。

Gǒng zài chángwēn xià shì yètǐ.

Mercury is liquid at room temperature.

旧式温度计使用汞。

Jiùshì wēndùjì shǐyòng gǒng.

Old-style thermometers use mercury.

汞污染对环境有害。

Gǒng wūrǎn duì huánjìng yǒuhài.

Mercury pollution is harmful to the environment.

工业排放可能导致汞中毒。

Gōngyè páifàng kěnéng dǎozhì gǒng zhòngdú.

Industrial emissions may cause mercury poisoning.

检测食品中的汞含量很重要。

Jiǎncè shípǐn zhōng de gǒng hánliàng hěn zhòngyào.

It is important to detect mercury content in food.

由于汞的毒性，处理含汞废物需要特别小心。

Yóuyú gǒng de dúxìng, chǔlǐ hán gǒng fèiwù xūyào tèbié xiǎoxīn.

Due to mercury's toxicity, handling mercury-containing waste requires special care.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 工

Component: 水