鈷

See also: 钴

鈷	U+9237, 鈷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9237

← 鈶
[U+9236]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鈸 →
[U+9238]

Translingual

Han character

鈷 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金十口 (CJR), four-corner 8416₀, composition ⿰釒古)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40270
Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4183, character 3
Unihan data for U+9237

Chinese

trad.		鈷
simp.		钴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	kɯ, kas
橭	kaː, kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	kaː, kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	kaː, kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	kaː, kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	kʰaːʔ, kʰaːs
葫	qʰaː, ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	ɡaːʔ, ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	ka, kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	ka, ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Etymology 1

Chemical element
Co
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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ku³
  - Yale: gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
  - Palladius: гу (gu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gu²
  - Yale: gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ku
  - MiniDict: ku^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³⁴/

Definitions

鈷

cobalt

Compounds

鈷六十 / 钴六十
鈷玻璃 / 钴玻璃
鈷藍 / 钴蓝 (gǔlán)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² / gu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ku³
  - Yale: gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
  - Palladius: гу (gu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gu² / gu¹
  - Yale: gú / gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² / gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu² / gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/, /kuː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: kuX

Rime
Character	鈷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Baxter	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ko^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ^X/
Li Rong	/ko^X/
Wang Li	/ku^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈷
Reading #	1/1
No.	4223
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*kaːʔ/

Definitions

鈷

only used in 鈷鉧／钴𬭁 (gǔmǔ)

Compounds

鈷鉧 / 钴𬭁 (gǔmǔ)
鈷鉧潭 / 钴𬭁潭

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gù (gu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gù
  - Wade–Giles: ku⁴
  - Yale: gù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
  - Palladius: гу (gu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/

Definitions

鈷

to break

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 鈷 – see 瑚. (This character is a variant form of 瑚).

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/

Definitions

鈷

(Southern Min) pot (classifier for bottled liquid)

References

“鈷”, 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

鈷

(Hyōgai kanji)

an iron (appliance for removing wrinkles from clothing)
(Buddhism) a vajra
cobalt

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: こ (ko)
On: ご (go)
Kun: たつ (tatsu)

Compounds

独(とっ)鈷(こ) (tokko)
三(さん)鈷(こ) (sanko): trident vajra

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鈷
こ Hyōgai
kan'on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞]

Noun

鈷(こ) • (ko)

cobalt

Korean

Hanja

鈷 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鈷: Hán Nôm readings: cổ, cỗ

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