鎔

See also: 熔 and 镕

鎔 U+9394, 鎔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9394 ← 鎓 [U+9393] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎕 → [U+9395]

Translingual

Han character

鎔 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金十金口 (CJCR), four-corner 8316₈, composition ⿰釒容)

Derived characters

• 𪸆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40704
• Dae Jaweon: page 1816, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4245, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9394

Chinese

trad.		鎔
simp.		镕
alternative forms		熔 melt by heat

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (谷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕	*loɡs
容	*loŋ
溶	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷	*ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗	*ljoɡ
欲	*loɡ
浴	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾	*loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What relation is there between 融, 鎔, 熔, and 溶?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông / iûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁴
    • Yale: yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
    • Tâi-lô: iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: yowng

Rime
Character	鎔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘封切
Baxter	yowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋ/
Li Rong	/ioŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎔
Reading #	1/1
No.	4286
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	容
Old Chinese	/*loŋ/

Definitions

鎔

1. mould for casting
2. to melt by heat; to turn solid into liquid by heat

Japanese

Kanji

鎔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to melt by heat

   Synonym: 溶

2. mould for casting

   Synonyms: 範, 笵

Readings

• Go-on: ゆう (yū)^{←ゆう (yuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←よう (you, historical)}
• Kun: いがた (igata, 鎔); とかす (tokasu, 鎔かす); とける (tokeru, 鎔ける); よん (yon)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 鎔 is mostly replaced by 溶, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 鎔 replaced by daiyōji 溶

溶解

溶鉱炉

溶冶

Compounds

• 鎔(よう)解(かい) (yōkai) (溶(よう)解(かい), 熔(よう)解(かい))
• 鎔(よう)型(けい) (yōkei)
• 鎔(よう)合(ごう) (yōgō)
• 鎔(よう)滓(さい) (yōsai) (溶(よう)滓(さい))
• 鎔(よう)滓(し) (yōshi) (溶(よう)滓(し))
• 鎔(よう)鋳(しゅ) (yōshu)
• 鎔(よう)銑(せん) (yōsen) (溶(よう)銑(せん))
• 鎔(よう)鋳(ちゅう) (yōchū)
• 鎔(よう)範(はん), 鎔(よう)笵(はん) (yōhan)
• 鎔(よう)冶(や) (yōya) (溶(よう)冶(や))
• 鋳(ちゅう)鎔(よう) (chūyō)

 

Korean

Hanja

鎔 • (yong) (hangeul 용, revised yong, McCune–Reischauer yong, Yale yong)

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