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Translingual
Han character
砼 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口人一 (MROM), composition ⿰石仝)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 829, character 33
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2424, character 10
- Unihan data for U+783C
Chinese
Etymology
Coined by Chinese architect Cai Fangyin in 1953.[1]
The glyph is a compound of 人工石 (“man-made stone”). Pronunciation is from 仝 (tóng), treated as the phonetic component of the glyph. Serendipitously, the pronunciation also resembles the word for “concrete” in some European languages; cf. French béton, German Beton, Russian бето́н (betón).
Pronunciation
Definitions
砼
- (technical) concrete
Usage notes
- Technical; the common name is 混凝土 (hùnníngtǔ).
Synonyms
- 三合土 (sānhétǔ, “lime-sand-clay mixture”)
- 三和土 (1se-wu-thu) (Shanghainese)
- 混凝土
- 灰塗／灰涂 (“lime-sand-clay mixture”) (Hokkien)
- 石屎 (shíshǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
References