赤金

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (赤金)		赤	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ gam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhjin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: chr̀-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhjin
    • Palladius: чицзинь (čiczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ gam¹
    • Yale: chek gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-kim
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahkym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ kim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kim⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhek kim

Rime
Character	赤	金
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昌石切	居吟切
Baxter	tsyhek	kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/	/kˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/kᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/	/kiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajk̚/	/kjim/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/kjəm/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/	/kĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/	/ki̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi	jīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1	gam1

Noun

赤金

1. copper
2. (pure) gold

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	金
あか Grade: 1	かね > がね Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
銅 赤鉄

Etymology

Originally a compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”). The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あかがね [àkágáné] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ɡa̠ne̞]

• (Tokyo) あかがね [áꜜkàgànè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ɡa̠ne̞]

Noun

赤(あか)金(がね) • (akagane) 

1. (metal) copper