硼

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		硼

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

Chemical element
B
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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.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 硼

1. (chemistry) boron

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 𥑢 (bù)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēng (peng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paang¹

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• 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

(deprecated template usage) 硼

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

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Japanese

Kanji

硼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. boron

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)

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Korean

Hanja

硼 • (bung, pyeong) (hangeul 붕, 평)

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