鎢

See also: 钨 and 鵭

鎢	U+93A2, 鎢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93A2

← 鎡
[U+93A1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鎣 →
[U+93A3]

Translingual

Han character

鎢 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金竹口火 (CHRF), four-corner 8712₇, composition ⿰釒烏)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40729
Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 22
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4243, character 2
Unihan data for U+93A2

Chinese

trad.		鎢
simp.		钨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烏	*qaː
嗚	*qaː
鰞	*qaː
歍	*qaː
鎢	*qaː
瑦	qaː, qaːʔ
鄔	qaː, qaːʔ, *qas
螐	*qaː
隖	*qaːʔ
塢	qaːʔ, qaːs
溩	*qaːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaː): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 烏 (OC *qaː).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wū
  - Zhuyin: ㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wu
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹
  - Yale: wū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'u

Rime
Character	鎢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	哀都切
Baxter	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/u/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎢
Reading #	1/1
No.	13081
Phonetic component	烏
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	烏
Old Chinese	/*qaː/
Notes	諸葛亮軍令作烏育

Definitions

鎢

only used in 鎢錥／钨𫓾

Etymology 2

Chemical element
W
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Next: *錸／铼 (lái) (Re)*

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹u

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wū
  - Zhuyin: ㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wu
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹
  - Yale: wū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wu¹
  - Yale: wū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
  - Tâi-lô: oo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: of
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹u
  - MiniDict: u^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵³/

Definitions

鎢

(chemistry) tungsten; wolfram

Compounds

白鎢礦 / 白钨矿 (báiwūkuàng)
鎢砂 / 钨砂
鎢絲 / 钨丝 (wūsī)
鎢絲燈 / 钨丝灯
鎢鋼 / 钨钢
鎢錳鐵礦 / 钨锰铁矿

Vietnamese

Han character

鎢: Hán Nôm readings: ô

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