Japanese Periodic Table Elements

Have you ever wondered whether the names of the elements in Japanese? In this article, you will see all the elements of the periodic table in Japanese called shuuki-hyou people [元素周期表] that is, periodic table of elements.

The Japanese periodic table of colors contains all atomic numbers of 118 elements, symbols, names in Japanese and atomic masses. The colors show the different groups of elements.

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Genso no Shuuki-hyou - Origin of the elements

Japanese element names can be native to China (Sino-Japanese) or Europe (Gairaigo). It mainly uses katakana to transliterate the names of European language elements such as German, Dutch, Latin and English.

Although much of the elements written in Japanese are similar to Chinese, some were later invented to describe properties or characteristics of the element. They were introduced mainly around the 18th century in Japan.

Did you know that the periodic table has a chemical element named after Japan? Nihonium or Nipônio is the first element to be discovered by Japanese scientists. The element number 113 discovered by Kosuke Morita and his team.

List of elements of the periodic table in Japanese

This table is a list of the elements in English and Japanese organized by atomic number. The Romaji column has the Japanese pronunciation, while the last column has the Latin word.

If you are on a mobile device, please move the table with your finger sideways to see the other columns (there are 6 columns). There are no bugs, the table is fully manageable with a finger to the corners.

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