鎘

See also: 镉

鎘	U+9398, 鎘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9398

← 鎗
[U+9397]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鎙 →
[U+9399]

Translingual

Han character

鎘 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金一口月 (CMRB), four-corner 8112₇, composition ⿰釒鬲)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40710
Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4239, character 8
Unihan data for U+9398

Chinese

trad.		鎘
simp.		镉
alternative forms		𨭀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隔	*kreːɡ
膈	*kreːɡ
搹	*kreːɡ
鬲	kreːɡ, ɡ·reːɡ
槅	*kreːɡ
嗝	*kreːɡ
虉	ŋɡreːɡ, ŋɡeːɡ
翮	*ɡreːɡ
滆	*ɡreːɡ
蒚	ɡreːɡ, ɡ·reːɡ
鎘	*ɡ·reːɡ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 鎘 – see 鬲 (“a kind of cooking utensil”). (This character is a variant form of 鬲).

Etymology 2

Chemical element
Cd
Previous: *銀／银 (yín) (Ag)*
Next: *銦／铟 (yīn) (In)*

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gé (ge²)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷kaq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gé
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gé
  - Wade–Giles: ko²
  - Yale: gé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
  - Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaak³
  - Yale: gaak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷kaq
  - MiniDict: kah^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kaq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kaʔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

鎘

(chemistry) cadmium

Compounds

鎘中毒 / 镉中毒 (gé zhòngdú)
鎳鎘電池 / 镍镉电池 (niègé diànchí)

Japanese

Kanji

鎘

(Hyōgai kanji)

cadmium

Readings

On (unclassified): れき (reki)、りゃく (ryaku)、かく (kaku)
Kun: かなえ (kanae, 鎘)

Korean

Hanja

鎘 • (ryeok) (hangeul 력, revised ryeok, McCune–Reischauer ryŏk, Yale lyek)

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