鈹

See also: 𨨏 and 铍

Translingual

Han character

鈹 (radical 167 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金木竹水 (CDHE), four-corner 8414₇)

1. beryllium

References

• KangXi: page 1300, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40272
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4192, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9239

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鈹 (simplified 铍, Yale pei1)

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Japanese

Kanji

鈹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Matte: the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: かわ (kawa), おおはり (oohari)

Etymology

Cognate with 皮 (kawa, “skin, rind”) and 革 (kawa, “leather”), from the way the matte may form a skin over the surface of the metal being smelted.

Noun

鈹 (hiragana かわ, romaji kawa, historical hiragana かは)

1. Matte: the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.

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Korean

Hanja

鈹 (pi) (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune-Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)

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Mandarin

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trad.		鈹
simp.		铍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/

Hanzi

鈹 (traditional 鈹, Pinyin pī (pi1), pí (pi2), Wade-Giles p'i¹)

1. beryllium

Noun

鈹 (traditional, Pinyin pī, simplified 铍)

1. beryllium