鉛

See also: 铅

Translingual

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trad.		鉛
simp.		铅

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 釒 (“metal”) + phonetic 㕣 – lead is a kind of metal.

Han character

鉛 (radical 167 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金金口 (CCR), 金竹弓口 (CHNR), four-corner 8816₀)

1. lead (metal); (chemical element) Pb

Note: The top-right part can be either 八, 儿, or 几.

Related characters

• 船

Descendants

• 铅

References

• KangXi: page 1301, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40310
• Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4189, character 1
• Unihan data for U+925B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鉛 (simplified 铅, Jyutping jyun4, Yale yun4)

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Japanese

Kanji

鉛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: なまり (namari)

Compounds

Kanji in this term

鉛

なまり Grade: S

kun'yomi

鉛筆 (えんぴつ, enpitsu) pencil

Noun

鉛 (uncountable, hiragana なまり, romaji namari)

1. lead (metal); Pb

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Korean

Hanja

鉛 (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鉛 (simplified 铅, Pinyin qiān (qian1), yán (yan2), Wade-Giles ch'ien¹, yen²)

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Noun

鉛 (traditional, Pinyin qiān, simplified 铅)

1. (chemistry) lead (Pb)