Have you ever wondered about the names of the elements in Japanese? In this article, you will see all the elements of the periodic table in Japanese called genso shuuki-hyou [元素周期表], that is, the periodic table of elements.
The Japanese periodic table contains all the atomic numbers of 118 elements, symbols, names in Japanese, and atomic masses. The colors show the different groups of elements.
Genso no Shuuki-hyou – Origin of the elements
The names of the elements in Japanese can be native, from China ( Sino-Japanese), or from Europe (gairaigo). It mainly uses katakana to transliterate the names of the elements from European languages such as German, Dutch, Latin, and English.
Although most of the elements written in Japanese are similar to Chinese, some were invented later 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 with atomic number 113 was discovered by Kosuke Morita and his team.

List of the elements of the periodic table in Japanese
This table is a list of the elements in Portuguese and Japanese organized by atomic number. The Romaji column has the pronunciation in Japanese, while the last column has the word in Latin.
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| Number | Symbol | Portuguese | Japanese | Romaji | Latin |
| 1 | H | Hydrogen | 水素 | Suiso | Hydrogenium |
| 2 | He | Helium | ヘリウム | Heriumu | Helium |
| 3 | Li | Lithium | リチウム | Richiumu | Lithium |
| 4 | Be | Beryllium | ベリリウム | Beririumu | Beryllium |
| 5 | B | Boron | ホウ素 | Houso | Borium |
| 6 | C | Carbon | 炭素 | Tanso | Carbonium |
| 7 | N | Nitrogen | 窒素 | Chisso | Nitrogenium |
| 8 | O | Oxygen | 酸素 | Sanso | Oxygenium |
| 9 | F | Fluorine | フッ素 | Fusso | Fluorum |
| 10 | Ne | Neon | ネオン | Neon | Neon |
| 11 | Na | Sodium | ナトリウム | Natoriumu | Natrium |
| 12 | Mg | Magnesium | マグネシウム | Maguneshiumu | Magnesium |
| 13 | Al | Aluminum | アルミニウム | Aruminiumu | Alumen |
| 14 | Si | Silicon | ケイ素 | Keiso | Silicium |
| 15 | P | Phosphorus | リン | Rin | Phosphorus |
| 16 | S | Sulfur | 硫黄 | Iou | Sulphur |
| 17 | Cl | Chlorine | 塩素 | Enso | Clorum |
| 18 | Ar | Argon | アルゴン | Arugon | Argon |
| 19 | K | Potassium | カリウム | Kariumu | Kalium |
| 20 | Ca | Calcium | カルシウム | Karushiumu | Calcium |
| 21 | Sc | Scandium | スカンジウム | Sukanjiumu | Scandium |
| 22 | Ti | Titanium | チタン | Chitan | Titanium |
| 23 | V | Vanadium | バナジウム | Banajiumu | Vanadium |
| 24 | Cr | Chromium | クロム | Kuromu | Chromium |
| 25 | Mn | Manganese | マンガン | Mangan | Manganum |
| 26 | Fe | Iron | 鉄 | Tetsu | Ferrum |
| 27 | Co | Cobalt | コバルト | Kobaruto | Cobaltum |
| 28 | Ni | Nickel | ニッケル | Nikkeru | Niccolum |
| 29 | Cu | Copper | 銅 | Dou | Cuprum |
| 30 | Zn | Zinc | 亜鉛 | Aen | Zincum |
| 31 | Ga | Gallium | ガリウム | Gariumu | Galium |
| 32 | Ge | Germanium | ゲルマニウム | Gerumaniumu | Germanium |
| 33 | As | Arsenic | ヒ素 | Hiso | Arsenicum |
| 34 | Se | Selenium | セレン | Seren | Selenium |
| 35 | Br | Bromine | 臭素 | Shuso | Bromum |
| 36 | Kr | Krypton | クリプトン | Kuriputon | Krypton |
| 37 | Rb | Rubidium | ルビジウム | Rubijiumu | Rubidium |
| 38 | Sr | Strontium | ストロンチウム | Sutoronchiumu | Strontium |
| 39 | Y | Yttrium | イットリウム | Ittoriumu | Yttrium |
| 40 | Zr | Zirconium | ジルコニウム | Jirukoniumu | Zirconium |
| 41 | Nb | Niobium | ニオブ | Niobu | Niobium |
| 42 | Mo | Molybdenum | モリブデン | Moribuden | Molybdenum |
| 43 | Tc | Technetium | テクネチウム | Tekunechiumu | Technetium |
| 44 | Ru | Ruthenium | ルテニウム | Ruteniumu | Ruthenium |
| 45 | Rh | Rhodium | ロジウム | Rojiumu | Rhodium |
| 46 | Pd | Palladium | パラジウム | Parajiumu | Palladium |
| 47 | Ag | Silver | 銀 | Gin | Argentum |
| 48 | Cd | Cadmium | カドミウム | Kadomiumu | Cadmium |
| 49 | In | Indium | インジウム | Injiumu | Indium |
| 50 | Sn | Tin | スズ | Suzu | Stannum |
| 51 | Sb | Antimony | アンチモン | Anchimon | Stibium |
| 52 | Te | Tellurium | テルル | Teruru | Tellurium |
| 53 | I | Iodine | ヨウ素 | You moto | Iodum |
| 54 | Xe | Xenon | キセノン | Kisenon | Xenon |
| 55 | Cs | Cesium | セシウム | Seshiumu | Caesium |
| 56 | Ba | Barium | バリウム | Bariumu | Barium |
| 57 | La | Lanthanum | ランタン | Rantan | Lanthanum |
| 58 | Ce | Cerium | セリウム | Seriumu | Cerium |
| 59 | Pr | Praseodymium | プラセオジム | Puraseojimu | Praseodymium |
| 60 | Nd | Neodymium | ネオジム | Neojimu | Neodymium |
| 61 | Pm | Promethium | プロメチウム | Puromechiumu | Promethium |
| 62 | Sm | Samarium | サマリウム | Samariumu | Samarium |
| 63 | Eu | Europium | ユウロピウム | Yuropiumu | Europium |
| 64 | Gd | Gadolinium | ガドリニウム | Gadoriniumu | Gadolinium |
| 65 | Tb | Terbium | テルビウム | Terubiumu | Terbium |
| 66 | Dy | Dysprosium | ジスプロシウム | Jisupuroshiumu | Dysprosium |
| 67 | Ho | Holmium | ホルミウム | Horumiumu | Holmium |
| 68 | Er | Erbium | エルビウム | Erubiumu | Erbium |
| 69 | Tm | Thulium | ツリウム | Tsuriumu | Thulium |
| 70 | Yb | Ytterbium | イッテルビウム | Itterubiumu | Ytterbium |
| 71 | Lu | Lutetium | ルテチウム | Rutechiumu | Lutetium |
| 72 | Hf | Hafnium | ハフニウム | Hafuniumu | Hafnium |
| 73 | Ta | Tantalum | タンタル | Tantaru | Tantalum |
| 74 | W | Tungsten | タングステン | Tangusuten | Wolframium |
| 75 | Re | Rhenium | レニウム | Reniumu | Rhenium |
| 76 | Os | Osmium | オスミウム | Osumiumu | Osmium |
| 77 | Ir | Iridium | イリジウム | Irijiumu | Iridium |
| 78 | Pt | Platinum | 白金 | Shirogane | Platinum |
| 79 | Au | Gold | 金 | Kin | Aurum |
| 80 | Hg | Mercury | 水銀 | Suigin | Hydrargyrum |
| 81 | Tl | Thallium | タリウム | Tariumu | Thallium |
| 82 | Pb | Lead | 鉛 | Namari | Plumbum |
| 83 | Bi | Bismuth | ビスマス | Bisumasu | Bismuthum |
| 84 | Po | Polonium | ポロニウム | Poroniumu | Polonium |
| 85 | At | Astatine | アスタチン | Asutachin | Astatum |
| 86 | Rn | Radon | ラドン | Radon | Radon |
| 87 | Fr | Francium | フランシウム | Furanshiumu | Francium |
| 88 | Ra | Radium | ラジウム | Rajiumu | Radium |
| 89 | Ac | Actinium | アクチニウム | Akuchiniumu | Actinium |
| 90 | Th | Thorium | トリウム | Toriumu | Thorium |
| 91 | Pa | Protactinium | プロトアクチニウム | Purotoakuchiniumu | Protactinium |
| 92 | U | Uranium | ウラン | Uran | Uranium |
| 93 | Np | Neptunium | ネプツニウム | Neputsuniumu | Neptunium |
| 94 | Pu | Plutonium | プルトニウム | Purutoniumu | Plutonium |
| 95 | Am | Americium | アメリシウム | Amerishiumu | Americium |
| 96 | Cm | Curium | キュリウム | Kyuriumu | Curium |
| 97 | Bk | Berkelium | バークリウム | Bakuriumu | Berkelium |
| 98 | Cf | Californium | カリホルニウム | Karihoruniumu | Californium |
| 99 | Es | Einsteinium | アインスタイニウム | Ainsutainiumu | Einsteinium |
| 100 | Fm | Fermium | フェルミウム | Ferumiumu | Fermium |
| 101 | Md | Mendelevium | メンデレビウム | Menderebiumu | Mendelevium |
| 102 | No | Nobelium | ノーベリウム | Nouberiumu | Nobelium |
| 103 | Lr | Lawrencium | ローレンシウム | Rourenshiumu | Lawrencium |
| 104 | Rf | Rutherfordium | ラザホージウム | Razahoujiumu | Rhuterfordium |
| 105 | Db | Dubnium | ドブニウム | Dobuniumu | Dubnium |
| 106 | Sg | Seaborgium | シーボーギウム | Shibougiumu | Seaborgium |
| 107 | Bh | Bohrium | ボーリウム | Bouriumu | Bohrium |
| 108 | Hs | Hassium | ハッシウム | Hasshiumu | Hassium |
| 109 | Mt | Meitnerium | マイトネリウム | Maitoneriumu | Meitnerium |
| 110 | Ds | Darmstadtium | ダームスタチウム | Damusutachiumu | Darmstadtium |
| 111 | Rg | Roentgenium | レントゲニウム | Rentogeniumu | Roentgenium |
| 112 | Cn | Copernicium | コペルニシウム | Koperunishiumu | Copernicium |
| 113 | Nh | Nihonium | ニホニウム | Nihoniumu | Nihonium |
| 114 | Fl | Flerovium | フレロビウム | Furerobiumu | Flerovium |
| 115 | Mc | Moscovium | モスコビウム | Mosukobiumu | Moscovium |
| 116 | Lv | Livermorium | リバモリウム | Ribamoriumu | Livermorium |
| 117 | Ts | Tennessine | テネシン | Teneshin | Tennessine |
| 118 | Og | Oganesson | オガネソン | Oganeson | Oganesson |


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