赤金

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Chinese

red; scarlet; bare
red; scarlet; bare; naked
 
metal; gold; money
simp. and trad.
(赤金)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (24) (28)
Final () (123) (140)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhek kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/ /kˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/ /kᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/ /kiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰiajk̚/ /kjim/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/ /kjəm/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/ /kĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/ /ki̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chi jīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cik1 gam1

Noun

赤金

  1. copper
  2. (pure) gold

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あか
Grade: 1
かね > がね
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings

赤鉄

Etymology

Originally a compound of (aka, red) +‎ (kane, metal). The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あか)(がね) (akagane

  1. (metal) copper