氡

See also: 氭

氡 U+6C21, 氡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C21 ← 氠 [U+6C20] CJK Unified Ideographs 氢 → [U+6C22]

Translingual

Han character

氡 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓竹水卜 (ONHEY), four-corner 8031₇, composition ⿹气冬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2011, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6C21

Chinese

trad.		氡
simp. #		氡

Chemical element
Rn
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 冬.

Etymology

Borrowed from English radon.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōng (dong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tong
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ton

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dong
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹
    • Yale: dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong
    • Palladius: дун (dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dung¹
    • Yale: dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong
    • Tâi-lô: tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ton
    • MiniDict: ton^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ton
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /toŋ⁵³/

Definitions

氡

1. (chemistry) radon

Compounds

• 氡氣／氡气

 

Vietnamese

Han character

氡: Hán Nôm readings: đông

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