鉑

See also: 铂

鉑 U+9251, 鉑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9251 ← 鉐 [U+9250] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉒 → [U+9252]

Translingual

Han character

鉑 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 金竹日 (CHA), four-corner 8610₀, composition ⿰釒白)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1301, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40299
• Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4187, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9251

Chinese

trad.		鉑
simp.		铂

Chemical element (edit)
Pt Atomic number 78 鉑 (bó)
Classification data Period 6 Group 10 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Etymology

“thin sheet of metal”

Variant of 薄 (MC bak).

“platinum”

Associative compound of 金 (MC kim) and 白 (MC baek), the reading bó is from the now-obsolete literary reading of 白 (MC baek).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pho̍k

  (Hailu, HRS): pog^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): bŏk / bŏ̤h
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bah⁷
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boh⁸ / bêh⁸

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸boq / ⁷paq / ⁸baq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bok⁶
    • Yale: bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: pog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰok̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pog^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰok²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏk / bŏ̤h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouʔ⁵/, /poʔ⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bah⁷
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ba̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paʔ⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pok
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boh⁸ / bêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: po̍h / pe̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poʔ⁴/, /peʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁸boq
    • MiniDict: boh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /boʔ²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷paq
    • MiniDict: pah^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pɑʔ⁴³/
  • (Northern: Tongxiang)
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /baʔ²²/

Definitions

鉑

1. alternative form of 箔 (bó, “thin sheet of metal”)
2. (chemistry) platinum (metal)

Synonyms

• (platinum):

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• 白金 (báijīn) (informal)
• 鉑金 / 铂金 (bójīn)

Compounds

• 鉑金 / 铂金 (bójīn)
• 鉑黑 / 铂黑 (bóhēi)
• 鉑黴素 / 铂霉素

Japanese

Kanji

鉑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Platinum

Readings

• Go-on: ばく (baku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)
• Kun: しろがね (shirogane)

Korean

Hanja

鉑 (eumhun 금백 백 (geumbaek baek)) (백금)

1. hanja form^? of 금 (“gold leaf, platinum”)

Vietnamese

Han character

鉑: Hán Việt readings: bạc, bạch
鉑: Nôm readings: bạc

1. chữ Nôm form of bạc
   1. silver
   2. (figurative, of hair) gray
   3. short for bài bạc (“gambling”)

Compounds

• 錢鉑 (tiền bạc)
• 紙鉑 (giấy bạc)
• 銅鉑 (đồng bạc)