Meaning of 硫黄(いおう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 硫黄

Kana Reading いおう

Romaji iō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

sulfur (S); sulphur

Examples of 硫黄, いおう in a sentence

硫黄は青い炎を上げて燃える。

Sulfur burns with a blue flame.
硫黄はマッチを作るのに使われる。

Sulfur is used to make matches.

Related Kanji

硫 JLPT 1

12 strokes

sulphur

On'Yomi: リュウ

Kun'Yomi:

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黄 JLPT 2

11 strokes

yellow

On'Yomi: コウ, オウ

Kun'Yomi: き, こ-

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