硼

硼	U+787C, 硼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-787C

← 硻
[U+787B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

硽 →
[U+787D]

Translingual

Han character

硼 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口月月 (MRBB), four-corner 1762₀, composition ⿰石朋)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24254
Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2439, character 4
Unihan data for U+787C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		硼

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 朋.

Etymology 1

Chemical element
B
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Originally only used in 硼砂 (“borax”): first attested in 《丹方鑑源》 (Tang dynasty), as 大朋砂. The 硼 here is a loanword; compare Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).

The “boron” sense of 硼 is a clipping or back-formation.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): péng (peng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pang⁴ / paang⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phìn
Eastern Min (BUC): bèng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phêng / phn̂g / pêng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ban

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: péng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: péng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻêng²
  - Yale: péng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perng
  - Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pang⁴ / paang⁴
  - Yale: pàhng / pàahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pang⁴ / paang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: peng⁴ / pang⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐŋ²¹/, /pʰaːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pin²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
  - Tâi-lô: phîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: phn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
  - Tâi-lô: pîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ban
  - MiniDict: ban^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ban
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bã²³/

Definitions

硼

(chemistry) boron

Synonyms

(obsolete) 𥑢 (bù)

Compounds

三氟化硼 (sānfúhuàpéng)
甲硼烷 (jiǎpéngwán)
硼化 (pénghuà)
硼化塑料
硼化物
硼烷 (péngwán)
硼玻璃
硼砂 (péngshā)
硼砂玻璃
硼肥
硼酸 (péngsuān)
硼酸水
硼酸鹽 / 硼酸盐
硼鋼 / 硼钢 (pénggāng)
硼鐵 / 硼铁 (péngtiě)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pēng (peng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: peng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻêng¹
  - Yale: pēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peng
  - Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: paang¹
  - Yale: pāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

硼

(onomatopoeia) a loud sound
alternative form of 蹦 (bèng, “to jump”)
alternative form of 碰 (pèng, “to bump; to touch”)

Compounds

硼砰

Japanese

Kanji

硼

(Hyōgai kanji)

boron

Readings

Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
Kan-on: ほう (hō)

Korean

Hanja

硼 • (bung, pyeong) (hangeul 붕, 평)

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