鈳

See also: 钶

鈳 U+9233, 鈳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9233 ← 鈲 [U+9232] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈴 → [U+9234]

Translingual

Han character

鈳 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金一弓口 (CMNR), four-corner 8112₀, composition ⿰釒可)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40266
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4183, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9233

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	*kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻	*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵	*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵	*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴	*qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

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

Etymology 1

trad.		鈳
simp.		钶
alternative forms		錒／锕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ē (e¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e
    • Wade–Giles: o¹
    • Yale: ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: e
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: o¹
    • Yale: ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'a

Rime
Character	鈳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏何切
Baxter	'a
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/
Wang Li	/ɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈳
Reading #	1/1
No.	7471
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	阿
Old Chinese	/*qaːl/

Definitions

鈳

1. Only used in 鈳䥈／钶䥈.

Etymology 2

trad.		鈳
simp.		钶

Borrowed from English columbium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ko¹ / ho¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ko¹ / ho¹
    • Yale: kō / hō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ko¹ / ho¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ko¹ / ho¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔː⁵⁵/, /hɔː⁵⁵/

Definitions

鈳

Chemical element
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1. (chemistry, obsolete) columbium; niobium

Synonyms

• (columbium, obsolete): 鎶／鿔 (gē)
• (niobium): 鈮／铌 (ní)

Japanese

Kanji

鈳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: あ (a)
• Kan-on: か (ka)