What 鿬 means
It is the Chinese name character for tennessine, element 117.
A 2017 Chinese naming round introduced this name alongside Chinese names for nihonium, moscovium, and oganesson, giving chemistry and physics stable terms for four newly recognized elements.
Pinyin, the standard letter-based spelling of Mandarin, writes the reading as tián; it sounds roughly like “tyen” with a rising tone. The form pairs a meaning cue with a sound cue: 石 (“stone”) supplies the meaning side, while 田 points to the sound.
How do I type 鿬?
Use a Mandarin IME or Unicode entry.
The naming announcement noted in 2017 that common input methods had not yet included the newly coined element characters; an IME still needs a character table containing 鿬.
A 2024 CNS11643 entry says Windows default fonts may lack 鿬 and lists a character package to add it; restart after installation. A square usually means the selected font cannot display the character.
Specialist and formal: it names the element in Chinese chemistry writing.
For readers unfamiliar with chemistry, pair 鿬 with “tennessine” or its symbol Ts.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 鿬 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Unified Ideographs block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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