鎘

See also: 镉

Translingual

Han character

鎘 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金一口月 (CMRB), four-corner 8112₇, composition ⿰釒鬲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4239, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9398

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Chinese

trad.		鎘
simp.		镉

Chemical element
Cd
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Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 鎘 – see 鬲 (“a kind of cooking utensil”). (This character is a variant form of 鬲).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé (ge²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaak³
    • Yale: gaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鎘

1. cadmium

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

鎘

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cadmium

Readings

• On (unclassified): れき (reki); りゃく (ryaku); かく (kaku)
• Kun: かなえ (kanae, 鎘)

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Korean

Hanja

鎘 • (ryeok) (hangeul 력, revised ryeok, McCune–Reischauer ryŏk, Yale lyek)

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