氧 yǎng oxygen
How to remember 氧: 气 air + 羊 sheep = oxygen. Up in the thin mountain air, the shepherd chasing a runaway sheep stops, gasping for more oxygen.
Component breakdown
氧 = 气 air + 羊 sheep
- 气 air
- 羊 sheep
Up in the thin mountain air, the shepherd chasing a runaway sheep stops, gasping for more oxygen.
How it is used
- Oxygen - 氧气 (yǎngqì) oxygen (the gas), 缺氧 (quēyǎng) oxygen deprivation.
- Chemistry element prefix: 二氧化碳 (èryǎnghuàtàn) carbon dioxide, 氧化 (yǎnghuà) oxidation.
- Note the 气 radical marks it as a gas, like 氢 (hydrogen), 氮 (nitrogen).
- 输氧 (shūyǎng) = to supply oxygen (medical).