鈷

See also: 钴

Translingual

Han character

鈷 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金十口 (CJR), four-corner 8416₀, composition ⿰釒古)

1. cobalt
2. household iron cobaltum

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40270
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4183, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9237

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Chinese

trad.		鈷
simp.		钴

Chemical element
Co
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Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈷

1. cobalt

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² / gu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu² / gu¹
    • Yale: gú / gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² / gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² / gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/, /kuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kuX

Rime
Character	鈷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Baxter	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/koX/
Wang Li	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈷
Reading #	1/1
No.	4223
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*kaːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈷

1. Only used in 鈷鉧／钴𬭁 (gǔmǔ).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gù (gu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gù
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴
    • Yale: gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈷

1. to break

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 鈷 – see 瑚. (This character is a variant form of 瑚).

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈷

1. (Southern Min) pot (classifier for bottled liquid)

References

• “鈷”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

鈷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• On: ご (go)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu)

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Korean

Hanja

鈷 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鈷 (cổ, cỗ)

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