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酸素 (さんそ): oxygen — Japanese vocabulary

酸素 is read さんそ and means "oxygen". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

酸素

Reading
さんそ · sanso
Translation
oxygen
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
さんそが

Example

水は水素と酸素で構成されている。

みずはすいそとさんそでこうせいされている。

Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.

Kanji in this word

  • 酸 — acid, sour
  • 素 — element, plain

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