鉱

See also: 鑛 and 礦

Translingual

Glyph origin

Japanese simplified from 鑛 (廣 → 広). First attested in 1889.

In current form, 金 (“metal”) + 広.

Han character

鉱 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金戈戈 (CII) or 難金戈戈 (XCII), composition ⿰金広)

1. mine
2. mineral, ore

Related characters

• 鑛 礦 砿

See also

• 鈎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1303, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40340
• Dae Jaweon: page 1804, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4190, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9271

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉱 – see 礦 (“mineral deposit; ore; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 礦).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	鉱
Kyūjitai	鑛

Kanji

鉱

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鑛)

1. mineral

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: あらがね (aragane, 鉱)
• Nanori: かね (kane)

Compounds

• 鉱業
• 鉱石
• 炭鉱
• 鎔鉱炉, 溶鉱炉

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Korean

Hanja

鉱 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

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