鉱

See also: 鑛, 礦, 砿, and 矿

鉱	U+9271, 鉱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9271

← 鉰
[U+9270]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鉲 →
[U+9272]

Translingual

Traditional	礦
Simplified	矿
Japanese
Korean	鑛

Glyph origin

Japanese simplified from 鑛 (廣 → 広). First attested in 1889.^[1]

In current form, 金 (“metal”) + 広.

Han character

鉱 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金戈戈 (CII) or 難金戈戈 (XCII), composition ⿰釒広)

mine
mineral, ore

Related characters

鑛礦砿

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1303, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40340
Dae Jaweon: page 1804, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4190, character 11
Unihan data for U+9271

^ Mari Yamashita, 「広」の字体について―略字体の出現時期とその要因―, 2011

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉱 – see 礦 (“mineral deposit; ore; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 礦).

Japanese

Shinjitai	鉱
Kyūjitai	鑛

Kanji

鉱

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鑛)

mineral

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
Kun: あらがね (aragane, 鉱)
Nanori: かね (kane)

Compounds

鉱員(こういん) (kōin)
鉱害(こうがい) (kōgai)
鉱業(こうぎょう) (kōgyō)
鉱区(こうく) (kōku)
鉱坑(こうこう) (kōkō)
鉱滓(こうさい) (kōsai)
鉱山(こうざん) (kōzan)
鉱床(こうしょう) (kōshō)
鉱石(こうせき) (kōseki)
鉱体(こうたい) (kōtai)
鉱毒(こうどく) (kōdoku)
鉱物(こうぶつ) (kōbutsu)
鉱脈(こうみゃく) (kōmyaku)
鉛鉱(えんこう) (enkō)
金鉱(きんこう) (kinkō)
採鉱(さいこう) (saikō)
砕鉱(さいこう) (saikō)
精鉱(せいこう) (seikō)
選鉱(せんこう) (senkō)
粗鉱(そこう) (sokō)
炭鉱(たんこう) (tankō)
探鉱(たんこう) (tankō)
鉄鉱(てっこう) (tekkō)
貧鉱(ひんこう) (hinkō)
尾鉱(びこう) (bikō)
溶鉱炉(ようこうろ), 鎔鉱炉(ようこうろ) (yōkōro)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鉱
ひろし Grade: 5
nanori

Alternative spelling
鑛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひろし [híꜜròshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [çiɾo̞ɕi]

Proper noun

鉱(ひろし) • (Hiroshi)

a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鉱
あらがね Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鑛 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉱 – see the following entry.

【粗金あらがね】

[noun] unsmelted metal ore

Alternative spellings
礦, 鑛, 砿, 丱, あらかね

(This term, 鉱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

鉱 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

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[1] Mari Yamashita, 「広」の字体について―略字体の出現時期とその要因―, 2011

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