鈮

See also: 铌

Translingual

Han character

鈮 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金尸心 (CSP), four-corner 8711₁, composition ⿰釒尼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40260
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4191, character 8
• Unihan data for U+922E

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Chinese

trad.		鈮
simp.		铌

Chemical element
Nb
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Next: 鉬／钼 (Mo)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 尼 (OC *nil).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin niobium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁶
    • Yale: neih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈮

1. niobium

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 鈳／钶 (kē), 鎶／鿔 (gē)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鈮 – see 檷 (“warping wheel; a spinning frame for winding silk”). (This character is a variant form of 檷).

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Japanese

Kanji

鈮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): でい (dei), ない (nai)
• Kun: いとまきのあし (itomakinoashi)

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Korean

Hanja

鈮 • (ni) (hangeul 니, revised ni, McCune–Reischauer ni, Yale ni)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鈮 (nễ, ni)

• same as nễ 檷
• Ni Niobium

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• Nôm: nễ, ni, nỉa

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999