See also:
U+9251, 鉑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9251

[U+9250]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9252]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹日 (CHA), four-corner 86100, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1301, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40299
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4187, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9251

Chinese

trad.
simp.
Chemical element
Pt
Previous: () (Ir)
Next: (jīn) (Au)

Etymology

“thin sheet of metal”
Variant of (MC bak).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. alternative form of (, thin sheet of metal)
  2. (chemistry) platinum (metal)

Synonyms

  • (platinum):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Platinum

Readings

  • Go-on: ばく (baku)
  • Kan-on: はく (haku)
  • Kun: しろがね (shirogane)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 금백 (geumbaek baek)) (백금)

  1. hanja form? of (gold leaf, platinum)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: bạc, bạch

  1. silver

Compounds

Usage notes

  • Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for silver is bạc.
  • This character only means silver in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character means platinum. means silver in Chinese and Japanese.

References