礦

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See also: 砿, 矿, 鑛, and 鉱
礦 U+7926, 礦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7926
← 礥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 礧 →

Translingual

Traditional 礦
Shinjitai
(extended) 		砿
Simplified 矿
Traditional 礦
Simplified 矿
Japanese 鉱
Korean 鑛

Han character

礦 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口戈廿金 (MRITC), four-corner 10686, composition ⿰石廣)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24564
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2461, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7926

Chinese

trad. 礦
simp. 矿
alternative forms
鑛／矿
鉱
磺
丱
卝
鑛／矿
鉱
磺
丱
卝
鋛
𥐫
𥒩
𨥑
𨥥
𨧾
𨨭
 

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (黃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
僙 *kʷaːŋ
廣 *kʷaːŋʔ
鄺 *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠 *kʰʷaːŋs
矌 *kʰʷaːŋs
壙 *kʰʷaːŋs
纊 *kʰʷaːŋs
黃 *ɡʷaːŋ
璜 *ɡʷaːŋ
潢 *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧 *ɡʷaːŋ
癀 *ɡʷaːŋ
鱑 *ɡʷaːŋ
獚 *ɡʷaːŋ
蟥 *ɡʷaːŋ
趪 *ɡʷaːŋ
櫎 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴 *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇 *qʷaːŋʔ
獷 *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵 *kʷraːŋ
礦 *kʷraːŋʔ
鑛 *kʷraːŋʔ
穬 *kʷraːŋʔ
橫 *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌 *ɡʷraːŋ
鐄 *ɡʷraːŋ
嚝 *qʰʷraːŋ
彉 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷraːŋʔ) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ).

Pronunciation

Note: gwong3, kong3 - alternative pronunciations.
Note:
  • khǹg - vernacular;
  • khòng - literary.
Rime
Character 礦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (110)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古猛切
Baxter kwaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠwæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷᵚaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwaɨjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kuɐŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kwɐŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kwɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwang2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 礦
Reading # 1/1
No. 5395
Phonetic
component 		黄
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		礦
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷraːŋʔ/
Notes 說文作磺

Definitions

礦

  1. mineral deposit
  2. ore
  3. mine
  4. a surname: Kuang

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Bouyei: kuangq
  • → Zhuang: gvangq

References

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

砿

Kyūjitai

礦

Kanji

礦

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 砿)

  1. Alternative form of 鉱: mineral

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

礦 • (gwang, hwang) (hangeul 광, 황, revised gwang, hwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, hwang, Yale kwang, hwang)

  1. mineral, ore

Vietnamese

Han character

礦: Hán Nôm readings: khoáng, quáng, khoắng

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