硼

硼 U+787C, 硼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-787C ← 硻 [U+787B] CJK Unified Ideographs 硽 → [U+787D]

Translingual

Han character

硼 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口月月 (MRBB), four-corner 1762₀, composition ⿰石朋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24254
• Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2439, character 4
• Unihan data for U+787C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		硼

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 朋.

Etymology 1

Chemical element
B
Previous: 鈹／铍 (pí) (Be)
Next: 碳 (tàn) (C)

Originally only used in 硼砂 (“borax”): first attested in 《丹方鑑源》 (Tang dynasty), as 大朋砂. The 硼 here is a loanword; compare Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).

The “boron” sense of 硼 is a clipping or back-formation.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péng (peng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pang⁴, paang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phìn
• Eastern Min (BUC): bèng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phêng / phn̂g / pêng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ban

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng²
    • Yale: péng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perng
    • Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pang⁴, paang⁴
    • Yale: pàhng, pàahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pang⁴, paang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: peng⁴, pang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐŋ²¹/, /pʰaːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
    • Tâi-lô: phîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: phn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
    • Tâi-lô: pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ban
    • MiniDict: ban^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ban
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bã²³/

Definitions

硼

1. (chemistry) boron

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 𥑢 (bù)

Compounds

• 三氟化硼 (sānfúhuàpéng)
• 甲硼烷 (jiǎpéngwán)
• 硼化 (pénghuà)
• 硼化塑料
• 硼化物
• 硼烷 (péngwán)
• 硼玻璃
• 硼砂 (péngshā)
• 硼砂玻璃
• 硼肥
• 硼酸 (péngsuān)
• 硼酸水
• 硼酸鹽／硼酸盐
• 硼鋼／硼钢 (pénggāng)
• 硼鐵／硼铁 (péngtiě)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēng (peng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paang¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: peng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng¹
    • Yale: pēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peng
    • Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paang¹
    • Yale: pāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

硼

1. (onomatopoeia) a loud sound
2. Alternative form of 蹦 (bèng, “to jump”)
3. Alternative form of 碰 (pèng, “to bump; to touch”)

Compounds

• 硼砰

 

Japanese

Kanji

硼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. boron

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)

Korean

Hanja

硼 • (bung, pyeong) (hangeul 붕, 평)

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