汞

Translingual

Han character

汞 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一水 (ME), four-corner 1023₂, composition ⿱工水)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 606, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17139
• Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1550, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C5E

---

Chinese

simp. and trad.		汞
alternative forms		澒／𭱊 銾／𰾁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
缸	*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢	*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑	*kluːmʔ
涳	*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江	*kroːŋ
肛	*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛	*kroːŋ
杠	*kroːŋ
豇	*kroːŋ
茳	*kroːŋ
釭	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼	*kroːŋ
玒	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹	*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔	*kʰroːŋ
崆	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫	*kʰroːŋ
控	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌	*qʰroːŋ
谾	*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡	*qʰroːŋ
缻	*ɡroːŋ
項	*ɡroːŋʔ
屸	*ɡ·roːŋ
功	*koːŋ
工	*koːŋ
疘	*koːŋ
魟	*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻	*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩	*koːŋ
碽	*koːŋ
貢	*koːŋs
羾	*koːŋs
空	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜	*kʰoːŋ
硿	*kʰoːŋ
埪	*kʰoːŋ
鵼	*kʰoːŋ
倥	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚	*kʰoːŋs
叿	*qʰoːŋ
嗊	*qʰoːŋʔ
訌	*ɡoːŋ
紅	*ɡoːŋ
仜	*ɡoːŋ
葒	*ɡoːŋ
渱	*ɡoːŋ
鴻	*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞	*ɡoːŋʔ
澒	*ɡoːŋʔ
鞏	*koŋʔ
巩	*koŋʔ
銎	*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐	*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩	*ɡoŋ
筇	*ɡoŋ
桏	*ɡoŋ
邛	*ɡoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡoːŋʔ) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 水 (“water”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒng (gong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁶ / hung³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kúng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hóng / kòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒng
    • Wade–Giles: kung³
    • Yale: gǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goong
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Yale: huhng / hung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²²/, /hʊŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung³
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
    • Tâi-lô: hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòng
    • Tâi-lô: kòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ²¹³/

---

• Middle Chinese: huwngX

Rime
Character	汞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡孔切
Baxter	huwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwŋX/
Li Rong	/ɣuŋX/
Wang Li	/ɣuŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汞
Reading #	1/1
No.	4063
Phonetic component	工
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	澒
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːŋʔ/
Notes	說文作澒

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 汞

1. (chemistry) mercury (Hg)

Synonyms

• 水銀／水银 (shuǐyín)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

---

Japanese

Kanji

汞

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. mercury, quicksilver (the metal)

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: みずがね (mizugane, 汞)^{←みづがね (midugane, 汞, historical)}

Etymology 1

汞 (mizugane): mercury.

Kanji in this term
汞
みずがね Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compound of 水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 銀 (kane, “metal, silver”). The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

汞(みずがね) • (mizugane) ^{←みづがね (midugane)?}

1. (chemistry, rare, obsolete) Alternative spelling of 水銀: mercury, quicksilver

Usage notes

The term mizugane, regardless of kanji spelling, is largely obsolete in modern Japanese.

The usage of this kanji is extremely rare, and it is not used in isolation in modern Japanese. Use 水銀 instead for the standalone word for mercury.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
汞
こう Hyōgai
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 汞 (ɦuŋ^X, “mercury, quicksilver”).

Noun

汞(こう) • (kō) 

1. (chemistry) mercury, quicksilver

Usage notes

The kō reading is used in chemical compounds that include (e.g. corrosive sublimate).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 甘(かん)汞(こう) (kankō): calomel, mercury(I) chloride
• 雷(らい)汞(こう) (raikō): mercury(II) fulminate

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

---

Korean

Hanja

汞 (eum 홍 (hong))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

汞: Hán Nôm readings: hống

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation