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See also:
U+9240, 鉀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9240

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 167, +5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金田中 (CWL), four-corner 86150, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40280
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4185, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9240

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *klaːb, *kraːb) and ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : semantic (metal) + phonetic (OC *kraːb, armour)

Etymology 1

trad.
simp.
Chemical element
K
Previous: () (Ar)
Next: (gài) (Ca)

Borrowed from New Latin kalium.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kah - vernacular;
  • kap - literary.

Definitions

  1. (chemistry) potassium

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𫠁

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (144)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kap̚/
Li
Rong
/kɑp̚/
Wang
Li
/kɑp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kɑp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gap3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 5929
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaːb/
Notes

Definitions

  1. Only used in 鉀鑪钾𬬻.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“armour”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

(gap) (hangeul , revised gap, McCune–Reischauer kap, Yale kap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: giáp

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