鎂

See also: 镁

鎂 U+9382, 鎂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9382 ← 鎁 [U+9381] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎃 → [U+9383]

Translingual

Han character

鎂 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金廿土大 (CTGK), four-corner 8813₅, composition ⿰釒美)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1316, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40687
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4235, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9382

Chinese

trad.		鎂
simp.		镁

Chemical element
Mg
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Next: 鋁／铝 (lǚ) (Al)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 美 (měi).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin magnesium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měi (mei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měi
    • Wade–Giles: mei³
    • Yale: měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁵
    • Yale: méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
    • Tâi-lô: bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²/

Definitions

鎂

1. (chemistry) magnesium

Compounds

• 氧化鎂 / 氧化镁 (yǎnghuàměi)
• 氫氧化鎂 / 氢氧化镁 (qīngyǎnghuàměi)
• 氯化鎂 / 氯化镁 (lǜhuàměi)
• 氮化鎂 / 氮化镁 (dànhuàměi)
• 硫化鎂 / 硫化镁 (liúhuàměi)
• 硝酸鎂 / 硝酸镁 (xiāosuānměi)
• 硫酸鎂 / 硫酸镁 (liúsuānměi)
• 碳酸鎂 / 碳酸镁 (tànsuānměi)
• 鎂光燈 / 镁光灯 (měiguāngdēng)
• 鎂粉 / 镁粉 (měifěn)

 

Etymology 2

Decomposition of the character into its components.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měijīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měijīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měijin
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-chin¹
    • Yale: měi-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijin
    • Palladius: мэйцзинь (mɛjczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ gam¹
    • Yale: méih gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-kim
    • Tâi-lô: bí-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'kym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/

Definitions

鎂

1. (neologism, Internet slang) Alternative form of 美金 (měijīn, “US dollar”)

References

• “鎂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鎂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: み (mi)
• Kan-on: び (bi)
• Kun: マグネシウム (maguneshiumu, 鎂)

Korean

Hanja

鎂 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鎂: Hán Nôm readings: mĩ

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