鎢

See also: 钨 and 鵭

鎢 U+93A2, 鎢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93A2 ← 鎡 [U+93A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎣 → [U+93A3]

Translingual

Han character

鎢 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金竹口火 (CHRF), four-corner 8712₇, composition ⿰釒烏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40729
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4243, character 2
• Unihan data for U+93A2

Chinese

trad.		鎢
simp.		钨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烏	*qaː
嗚	*qaː
鰞	*qaː
歍	*qaː
鎢	*qaː
瑦	*qaː, *qaːʔ
鄔	*qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas
螐	*qaː
隖	*qaːʔ
塢	*qaːʔ, *qaːs
溩	*qaːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaː) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 烏 (OC *qaː).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'u

Rime
Character	鎢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	哀都切
Baxter	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/u/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎢
Reading #	1/1
No.	13081
Phonetic component	烏
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	烏
Old Chinese	/*qaː/
Notes	諸葛亮軍令作烏育

Definitions

鎢

1. Only used in 鎢錥／钨𫓾.

Etymology 2

Chemical element
W
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Next: 錸／铼 (lái) (Re)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹u

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
    • Tâi-lô: oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: of
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹u
    • MiniDict: u^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵³/

Definitions

鎢

1. (chemistry) tungsten; wolfram

Compounds

• 白鎢礦／白钨矿 (báiwūkuàng)
• 鎢砂／钨砂
• 鎢絲／钨丝 (wūsī)
• 鎢絲燈／钨丝灯
• 鎢鋼／钨钢
• 鎢錳鐵礦／钨锰铁矿

 

Vietnamese

Han character

鎢: Hán Nôm readings: ô

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