合金

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (合金)		合	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ gam¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p-kîm

  (Hailu, HRS): hab^ˋ gim^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hab⁶ gim¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): hăk-gĭng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjin
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chin¹
    • Yale: hé-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjin
    • Palladius: хэцзинь (xɛczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ gam¹
    • Yale: hahp gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² kɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p-kîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: hab gim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁶ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ kim²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hab^ˋ gim^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /hap² kim⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hab⁶ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ kim⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hăk-gĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ kiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-kim
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: habkym
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻³² kim⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² kim³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² kim⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² kim⁴⁴/

Noun

合金

1. alloy (metal combined of two or more elements)

Derived terms

• 形狀記憶合金 / 形状记忆合金 (xíngzhuàng jìyì héjīn)
• 記憶合金 / 记忆合金 (jìyì héjīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (合金):

• → Japanese: 合(ごう)金(きん) (gōkin)
• → Korean: 합금(合金) (hapgeum)
• → Vietnamese: hợp kim (合金)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	金
ごう Grade: 2	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごーきん [gòókíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

合(ごう)金(きん) • (gōkin) ^{←がふきん (gafukin)?}

1. an alloy (metal combined of two or more elements)
   • 2004 January 10, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)１(いち)話(わ)　新(あたら)しい命(いのち) [Chapter 1: A New Life]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 1, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     〝核(かく)鉄(がね)〟！〝錬(れん)金(きん)術(じゅつ)〟の粋(すい)を集(あつ)めて精(せい)製(せい)された超(ちょう)常(じょう)の合(ごう)金(きん)————

     〝Kakugane〟!〝Renkinjutsu〟no sui o atsumete seisei sareta chōjō no gōkin————

     Kakugane! Made of an extraordinary alloy refined with the essence of alchemy.

References

• “合金”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
合	金

Noun

合金 • (hapgeum) (hangeul 합금)

1. hanja form^? of 합금 (“alloy”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
合	金

Noun

合金

1. chữ Hán form of hợp kim (“alloy”)