礦

See also: 矿 and 砿

Translingual

Traditional	礦
Shinjitai (extended)	砿
Simplified	矿

Han character

礦 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口戈廿金 (MRITC), four-corner 1068₆, composition ⿰石廣)

1. mine
2. mineral, ore

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24564
• Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2461, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7926

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Chinese

trad.		礦
simp.		矿
alternative forms		鑛／矿 鉱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
僙	*kʷaːŋ
廣	*kʷaːŋʔ
鄺	*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠	*kʰʷaːŋs
矌	*kʰʷaːŋs
壙	*kʰʷaːŋs
纊	*kʰʷaːŋs
黃	*ɡʷaːŋ
璜	*ɡʷaːŋ
潢	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧	*ɡʷaːŋ
癀	*ɡʷaːŋ
鱑	*ɡʷaːŋ
獚	*ɡʷaːŋ
蟥	*ɡʷaːŋ
趪	*ɡʷaːŋ
櫎	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴	*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇	*qʷaːŋʔ
獷	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵	*kʷraːŋ
礦	*kʷraːŋʔ
鑛	*kʷraːŋʔ
穬	*kʷraːŋʔ
橫	*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌	*ɡʷraːŋ
鐄	*ɡʷraːŋ
嚝	*qʰʷraːŋ
彉	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàng (kuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong³ / gwong³ / kong³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khǹg / khòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq
    • Palladius: куан (kuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwong³ / gwong³ / kong³
    • Yale: kwong / gwong / kong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³ / gwong³ / kong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong³ / guong³ / kong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³/, /kʷɔːŋ³³/, /kʰɔːŋ³³/

Note: gwong3, kong3 - alternative pronunciations.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khǹg
    • Tâi-lô: khǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngx
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng
    • Tâi-lô: khòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹/

Note:

• khǹg - vernacular;
• khòng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: kuang³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuàng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwaengX

Rime
Character	礦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (110)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古猛切
Baxter	kwaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/kuɐŋX/
Wang Li	/kwɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwang2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礦
Reading #	1/1
No.	5395
Phonetic component	黄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	礦
Old Chinese	/*kʷraːŋʔ/
Notes	說文作磺

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 礦

1. mineral; ore

References

• “礦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	砿
Kyūjitai	礦

Kanji

礦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 砿)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)←くゐやう (kwyau, ancient)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: あらがね (aragane, 礦)

Compounds

• 礦業
• 礦石
• 炭礦

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Korean

Hanja

礦 • (gwang, hwang) (hangeul 광, 황, revised gwang, hwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, hwang, Yale kwang, hwang)

1. mineral, ore

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 礦 (khoáng, quáng, khoắng)

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