汞
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汞 (mizugane): mercury.
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Translingual
Han character
汞 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一水 (ME), four-corner 10232, composition ⿱工水)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 606, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17139
- Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1550, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6C5E
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
汞 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 澒／𭱊 銾／𰾁 | |
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Hg | |
| Previous: 金 (jīn) (Au) | |
| Next: 鉈／铊 (tā) (Tl) | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 缸 | *kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ |
| 篢 | *kluːmʔ, *koːŋ |
| 贑 | *kluːmʔ |
| 涳 | *ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
| 江 | *kroːŋ |
| 肛 | *kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ |
| 扛 | *kroːŋ |
| 杠 | *kroːŋ |
| 豇 | *kroːŋ |
| 茳 | *kroːŋ |
| 釭 | *kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ |
| 矼 | *kroːŋ |
| 玒 | *kroːŋ, *koːŋ |
| 虹 | *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ |
| 腔 | *kʰroːŋ |
| 崆 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
| 羫 | *kʰroːŋ |
| 控 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
| 椌 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
| 悾 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
| 跫 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ |
| 啌 | *qʰroːŋ |
| 谾 | *qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ |
| 舡 | *qʰroːŋ |
| 缻 | *ɡroːŋ |
| 項 | *ɡroːŋʔ |
| 屸 | *ɡ·roːŋ |
| 功 | *koːŋ |
| 工 | *koːŋ |
| 疘 | *koːŋ |
| 魟 | *koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ |
| 攻 | *koːŋ, *kuːŋ |
| 愩 | *koːŋ |
| 碽 | *koːŋ |
| 貢 | *koːŋs |
| 羾 | *koːŋs |
| 空 | *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
| 箜 | *kʰoːŋ |
| 硿 | *kʰoːŋ |
| 埪 | *kʰoːŋ |
| 鵼 | *kʰoːŋ |
| 倥 | *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs |
| 鞚 | *kʰoːŋs |
| 叿 | *qʰoːŋ |
| 嗊 | *qʰoːŋʔ |
| 訌 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 紅 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 仜 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 葒 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 渱 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 鴻 | *ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ |
| 汞 | *ɡoːŋʔ |
| 澒 | *ɡoːŋʔ |
| 鞏 | *koŋʔ |
| 巩 | *koŋʔ |
| 銎 | *kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ |
| 恐 | *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs |
| 蛩 | *ɡoŋ |
| 筇 | *ɡoŋ |
| 桏 | *ɡoŋ |
| 邛 | *ɡoŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡoːŋʔ) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 水 (“water”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hung6 / hung3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kúng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5kon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǒng
- Wade–Giles: kung3
- Yale: gǔng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goong
- Palladius: гун (gun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hung6 / hung3
- Yale: huhng / hung
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung6 / hung3
- Guangdong Romanization: hung6 / hung3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊŋ²²/, /hʊŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kúng
- Hakka Romanization System: gungˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gung3
- Sinological IPA: /kuŋ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: huwngX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːŋʔ/
Definitions
汞
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 水銀 (“mercury (metal)”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
汞
- mercury, quicksilver (the metal)
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 汞 |
| みずがね Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 汞 – see the following entry. | ||||
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| (This term, 汞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Usage notes
The term mizugane, regardless of kanji spelling, is largely obsolete in modern Japanese.
The usage of this kanji is rare and literary, and it is not used in isolation in modern Japanese. Use 水銀 instead for the standalone word for mercury.
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 汞 |
| こう Hyōgai |
| kan'on |
From Middle Chinese 汞 (ɦuŋX, “mercury, quicksilver”).
The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
The kō reading is used in chemical compounds that include (e.g. corrosive sublimate).
Derived terms
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
汞 (eum 홍 (hong))
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Vietnamese
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