鎂
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See also: 镁
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Translingual
Han character
鎂 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金廿土大 (CTGK), four-corner 88135, composition ⿰釒美)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1316, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40687
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4235, character 13
- Unihan data for U+9382
Chinese
| trad. | 鎂 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 镁 | |
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Mg | |
| Previous: 鈉／钠 (nà) (Na) | |
| Next: 鋁／铝 (lǚ) (Al) | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 美 (měi).
Etymology 1
Borrowed from New Latin magnesium.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: měi
- Wade–Giles: mei3
- Yale: měi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meei
- Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mei5
- Yale: méih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5
- Guangdong Romanization: méi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Definitions
鎂
Compounds
Etymology 2
Decomposition of the character into its components.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: měijin
- Wade–Giles: mei3-chin1
- Yale: měi-jīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijin
- Palladius: мэйцзинь (mɛjczinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mei5 gam1
- Yale: méih gām
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5 gam1
- Guangdong Romanization: méi5 gem1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Definitions
鎂
References
- “鎂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
鎂
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
鎂 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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