硅

Translingual

Han character

硅 (radical 112 石+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口土土 (MRGG), four-corner 1461₄)

1. silicon

References

• KangXi: page 829, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24151
• Dae Jaweon: page 1245, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2427, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7845

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Cantonese

Hanzi

硅 (Jyutping gwai1, Yale gwai1)

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Japanese

Kanji

硅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: けい (kei), かく (kaku), きゃく (kyaku)

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Korean

Hanja

硅 (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Mandarin

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simp. and trad.		硅

Etymology

• 石 shí ("stone") + 圭 guī (phonetic)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Wade-Giles: kuei¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

    • (file)

Hanzi

硅 (Pinyin guī (gui1), Wade-Giles gui¹)

Noun

硅 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin guī)

1. (chemistry) silicon

Compounds

• guīfèi 硅肺
• guīgāng 硅鋼 (trad.), 硅钢 (simp.)
• Guīgǔ 硅谷
• guījiāo 硅膠 (trad.), 硅胶 (simp.)
• guīpiàn 硅片
• guīshí 硅石
• guīsuān 硅酸