鎘

See also: 镉

鎘 U+9398, 鎘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9398 ← 鎗 [U+9397] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎙 → [U+9399]

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

Chinese

trad.		鎘
simp.		镉
alternative forms		𨭀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隔	*kreːɡ
膈	*kreːɡ
搹	*kreːɡ
鬲	*kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
槅	*kreːɡ
嗝	*kreːɡ
虉	*ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ
翮	*ɡreːɡ
滆	*ɡreːɡ
蒚	*ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
鎘	*ɡ·reːɡ

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

Chemical element
Cd
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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé (ge²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷kaq

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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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kaq
    • MiniDict: kah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kaʔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

鎘

1. (chemistry) cadmium

Compounds

• 鎘中毒／镉中毒 (gé zhòngdú)
• 鎳鎘電池／镍镉电池 (niègé diànchí)

 

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)

Korean

Hanja

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

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