鈾

See also: 铀

鈾	U+923E, 鈾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-923E

← 鈽
[U+923D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鈿 →
[U+923F]

Translingual

Han character

鈾 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金中田 (CLW), four-corner 8516₀, composition ⿰釒由)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40278
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4186, character 5
Unihan data for U+923E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	ljɯwɢs, lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	l̥ʰɯw, l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	l'ɯw, ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	lɯw, lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	lɯwɢs, l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	l'ɯːwɢ, l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Etymology 1

trad.		鈾
simp.		铀

Chemical element
U
Previous: 鏷／镤 (pú) (Pa)
Next: *鎿／镎 (ná), 錼 (nài) (Np)*

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóu, yòu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ, ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau^4-2 / jau⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yu²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iû

(Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
  - Wade–Giles: yu²
  - Yale: yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
  - Wade–Giles: yu⁴
  - Yale: yòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jau^4-2 / jau⁴
  - Yale: yáu / yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau^4-2 / jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo^4-2 / yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /jɐu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiu²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yu²
  - Sinological IPA: /iu¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: iu²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: iu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
  - Tâi-lô: iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yeu
  - MiniDict: yeu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/

Definitions

鈾

(chemistry) uranium
鈾濃縮／铀浓缩 ― yóu nóngsuō ― uranium enrichment

Compounds

二氧化鈾 / 二氧化铀 (èryǎnghuàyóu)
氫鈾彈 / 氢铀弹
濃縮鈾 / 浓缩铀 (nóngsuōyóu)
瀝青鈾礦 / 沥青铀矿 (lìqīng yóukuàng)
貧鈾 / 贫铀 (pínyóu)
鈾礦 / 铀矿 (yóukuàng)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鈾 – see 冑 (“helmet worn by warriors in ancient times”). (This character is a variant form of 冑).

Etymology 3

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

References

“鈾”, 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–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “铀”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 289.

Japanese

Kanji

鈾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、ゆう (yū)
Kun: ウラン (uran)、ウラニウム (uraniumu)

Vietnamese

Han character

鈾: Hán Nôm readings: du, do

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