鎦

See also: 镏

鎦 U+93A6, 鎦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93A6 ← 鎥 [U+93A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎧 → [U+93A7]

Translingual

Han character

鎦 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金竹竹田 (CHHW), four-corner 8216₃, composition ⿰釒留)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1318, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40734
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4243, character 6
• Unihan data for U+93A6

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
卯	*mruːʔ
昴	*mruːʔ
泖	*mruːʔ
茆	*mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ
奅	*m̥ʰruːs
窌	*m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus
聊	*m·rɯːw
貿	*mlus
鄮	*mlus
劉	*m·ru
留	*m·ru, *m·rus
蒥	*m·ru
鶹	*m·ru
騮	*m·ru
榴	*m·ru
瑠	*ru
瘤	*m·ru, *m·rus
遛	*m·ru
鎦	*m·ru
飀	*m·ru
鰡	*m·ru
嵧	*m·ru
餾	*m·ru, *m·rus
瀏	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
懰	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
柳	*m·ruʔ
珋	*m·ruʔ
罶	*m·ruʔ
嬼	*m·ruʔ, *m·rus
溜	*m·rus
霤	*m·rus
廇	*m·rus
塯	*m·rus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·ru) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus).

Etymology 1

trad.		鎦
simp.		镏
2nd round simp.		𰜈
alternative forms		鐂 𨪿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²
    • Yale: lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw

Rime
Character	鎦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力求切
Baxter	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/
Li Rong	/liu/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*m·ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎦
Reading #	1/1
No.	8890
Phonetic component	卯
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉
Old Chinese	/*m·ru/

Definitions

鎦

1. a traditional Chinese gilding process involving gold dissolved in mercury, which is painted on silver, copper, brass, or bronze wares

   alt. forms: 鎏 (liú)

   鎦金／镏金  ―  liújīn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. ^‡ Alternative form of 劉／刘 (liú, “to kill”)
3. a surname

Compounds

• 鎦金／镏金 (liújīn)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		鎦
simp.		镏
2nd round simp.		𰜈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liù (liu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): liou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liòu
    • Wade–Giles: liu⁴
    • Yale: lyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liow
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁶
    • Yale: lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: liou³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /liəu⁴⁵/

Definitions

鎦

1. (dialectal) finger ring
2. ^‡ pot

   alt. forms: 磂

Compounds

• 鎦子／镏子 (liùzi)

 

Etymology 3

trad.		鎦
simp.		镏

Chemical element
Lu
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From New Latin lutetium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²
    • Yale: lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

Definitions

鎦

1. (Taiwan, obsolete in Mainland China, chemistry) lutetium

   Synonym: 鑥／镥 (lǔ) (Mainland China)

References

• “鎦”, 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–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05423

Japanese

Kanji

鎦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: こしき (koshiki, 鎦)