shén
𬬹
archaic chemical element name; metal
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Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
former name for a chemical element (used in early 20th-century chemistry); archaic term for a metallic element
archaicThis character appears in early translated chemistry texts from the Republican era but is now obsolete, replaced by modern element names like 砷 (arsenic) or 锑 (antimony).
Zǎo早
qī期
de的
huà化
xué学
shū书
jí籍
zhōng中
，
shén鉮
zhǐ指
de的
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
jīn金
shǔ属
yuán元
sù素
。
In early chemistry books, shén referred to a metallic element.
Shén鉮
shì是
lì历
shǐ史
shàng上
duì对
mǒu某
xiē些
yuán元
sù素
de的
zàn暂
yòng用
míng名
。
Shén was a provisional name for certain elements in history.