鎘

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See also: 镉
鎘 U+9398, 鎘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9398
← 鎗
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鎙 →

Translingual

Han character

鎘 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金一口月 (CMRB), four-corner 81127, composition ⿰釒鬲)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40710
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4239, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9398

Chinese

trad. 鎘
simp. 镉
alternative forms 𨭀
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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
隔 *kreːɡ
膈 *kreːɡ
搹 *kreːɡ
鬲 *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
槅 *kreːɡ
嗝 *kreːɡ
虉 *ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ
翮 *ɡreːɡ
滆 *ɡreːɡ
蒚 *ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
鎘 *ɡ·reːɡ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 鎘 – see 鬲 (“a kind of cooking utensil”).
(This character is a variant form of 鬲).

Etymology 2

Chemical element
Cd
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Pronunciation

Definitions

鎘

  1. (chemistry) cadmium

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鎘

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. cadmium

Readings

  • On (unclassified): れき (reki)、りゃく (ryaku)、かく (kaku)
  • Kun: かなえ (kanae, 鎘)

Korean

Hanja

鎘 • (ryeok) (hangeul 력, revised ryeok, McCune–Reischauer ryŏk, Yale lyek)

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