鉀

See also: 钾

鉀 U+9240, 鉀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9240 ← 鈿 [U+923F] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉁 → [U+9241]

Translingual

Han character

鉀 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金田中 (CWL), four-corner 8615₀, composition ⿰釒甲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40280
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4185, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9240

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笚	*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
閘	*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	*klaːb, *kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	*kraːb, *qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaːb, *kraːb) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb, “armour”)

Etymology 1

trad.		鉀
simp.		钾

Chemical element
K
Previous: 氬／氩 (yà) (Ar)
Next: 鈣／钙 (gài) (Ca)

Borrowed from New Latin kalium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎ (jia³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kah / kap
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷ciaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chia³
    • Yale: jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jea
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³
    • Yale: gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah
    • Tâi-lô: kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap
    • Tâi-lô: kap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kap̚³²/

Note:

• kah - vernacular;
• kap - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciaq
    • MiniDict: ciah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

鉀

1. (chemistry) potassium

Compounds

• 亞硫酸鉀／亚硫酸钾 (yàliúsuānjiǎ)
• 亞硝酸鉀／亚硝酸钾 (yàxiāosuānjiǎ)
• 低血鉀／低血钾 (dīxuèjiǎ)
• 氟化鉀／氟化钾 (fúhuàjiǎ)
• 氧化鉀／氧化钾 (yǎnghuàjiǎ)
• 氫化鉀／氢化钾 (qīnghuàjiǎ)
• 氫氧化鉀／氢氧化钾 (qīngyǎnghuàjiǎ)
• 氫氧化鉀／氢氧化钾 (qīngyǎnghuàjiǎ)
• 氰化鉀／氰化钾 (qínghuàjiǎ)
• 氯化鉀／氯化钾 (lǜhuàjiǎ)
• 氮磷鉀／氮磷钾
• 氯酸鉀／氯酸钾 (lǜsuānjiǎ)
• 溴化鉀／溴化钾 (xiùhuàjiǎ)
• 硫化鉀／硫化钾 (liúhuàjiǎ)
• 硫酸鉀／硫酸钾 (liúsuānjiǎ)
• 硝酸鉀／硝酸钾 (xiāosuānjiǎ)
• 碘酸鉀／碘酸钾 (diǎnsuānjiǎ)
• 碳酸氫鉀／碳酸氢钾 (tànsuānqīngjiǎ)
• 碳酸鉀／碳酸钾 (tànsuānjiǎ)
• 磷酸鉀／磷酸钾 (línsuānjiǎ)
• 超氧化鉀／超氧化钾 (chāoyǎnghuàjiǎ)
• 過氧化鉀／过氧化钾 (guòyǎnghuàjiǎ)
• 過錳酸鉀／过锰酸钾 (guòměngsuānjiǎ)
• 金氰化鉀／金氰化钾
• 鉀皂／钾皂
• 鉀肥／钾肥
• 鉻酸鉀／铬酸钾 (gèsuānjiǎ)
• 高血鉀／高血钾 (gāoxuèjiǎ)
• 高錳酸鉀／高锰酸钾 (gāoměngsuānjiǎ)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		鉀
simp.		钾
alternative forms		鑉／𫠁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé, hé (ge², he²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ, ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gé
    • Wade–Giles: ko²
    • Yale: gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé
    • Wade–Giles: ho²
    • Yale: hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
    • Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kap

Rime
Character	鉀
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	談 (144)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古盍切
Baxter	kap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kap̚/
Li Rong	/kɑp̚/
Wang Li	/kɑp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉀
Reading #	1/2
No.	5929
Phonetic component	甲
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䫦
Old Chinese	/*klaːb/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

鉀

1. Only used in 鉀鑪／钾𬬻.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉀 – see 甲 (“armour”). (This character is an ancient form of 甲).

Japanese

Kanji

鉀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kun: よろい (yoroi, 鉀)^{←よろひ (yorofi, 鉀, historical)}; カリュウム (karyūmu, 鉀)

Korean

Hanja

鉀 • (gap) (hangeul 갑, revised gap, McCune–Reischauer kap, Yale kap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鉀: Hán Nôm readings: giáp

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