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汞

汞

汞 U+6C5E, 汞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C5E
← 汝
[U+6C5D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 江 →
[U+6C5F]

Translingual

Han character

汞 (radical 85 水+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一水 (ME), four-corner 10232, composition ⿱工水)

  1. mercury (chemical element)

References

  • KangXi: page 606, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17139
  • Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1550, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C5E

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 汞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (工) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
缸 *kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢 *kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑 *kluːmʔ
涳 *ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江 *kroːŋ
肛 *kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛 *kroːŋ
杠 *kroːŋ
豇 *kroːŋ
茳 *kroːŋ
釭 *kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼 *kroːŋ
玒 *kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹 *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔 *kʰroːŋ
崆 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫 *kʰroːŋ
控 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌 *qʰroːŋ
谾 *qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡 *qʰroːŋ
缻 *ɡroːŋ
項 *ɡroːŋʔ
屸 *ɡ·roːŋ
功 *koːŋ
工 *koːŋ
疘 *koːŋ
魟 *koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻 *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩 *koːŋ
碽 *koːŋ
貢 *koːŋs
羾 *koːŋs
空 *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜 *kʰoːŋ
硿 *kʰoːŋ
埪 *kʰoːŋ
鵼 *kʰoːŋ
倥 *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚 *kʰoːŋs
叿 *qʰoːŋ
嗊 *qʰoːŋʔ
訌 *ɡoːŋ
紅 *ɡoːŋ
仜 *ɡoːŋ
葒 *ɡoːŋ
渱 *ɡoːŋ
鴻 *ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞 *ɡoːŋʔ
澒 *ɡoːŋʔ
鞏 *koŋʔ
巩 *koŋʔ
銎 *kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐 *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩 *ɡoŋ
筇 *ɡoŋ
桏 *ɡoŋ
邛 *ɡoŋ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 汞
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡孔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦuŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦəwŋX/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuŋX/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hòng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 汞
Reading # 1/1
No. 4063
Phonetic
component		 工
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 澒
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡoːŋʔ/
Notes 說文作澒

Definitions

汞

  1. (chemistry) mercury (Hg)

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 搏砂煉汞／搏砂炼汞
  • 摶砂弄汞／抟砂弄汞
  • 摶砂煉汞／抟砂炼汞
  • 昇汞／升汞
  • 汞中毒
  • 汞合金
  • 汞弧燈／汞弧灯
  • 汞極電池／汞极电池
  • 汞溴紅／汞溴红
  • 汞電池／汞电池
  • 汞齊／汞齐 (gǒngqí)
  • 混汞法
  • 燒丹鍊汞／烧丹炼汞
  • 硫化汞
  • 紅汞水／红汞水
  • 紅汞液／红汞液
  • 自然汞
  • 鉛汞／铅汞
  • 雷汞

Japanese

Kanji

汞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. mercury, quicksilver (the metal)

Readings

Etymology 1

汞 (mizugane): mercury.
Kanji in this term
汞
みずがね
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Compound of 水 ‎(mizu, “water”) +‎ 銀 ‎(kane, “metal, silver”). The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

汞 ‎(hiragana みずがね, romaji mizugane, historical hiragana みづがね)

  1. (chemistry, rare, obsolete) Alternative spelling of 水銀: mercury, quicksilver
Usage notes

The term mizugane, regardless of kanji spelling, is largely obsolete in modern Japanese.

The usage of this kanji is extremely rare, and it is not used in isolation in modern Japanese. Use 水銀 instead for the standalone word for mercury.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
汞
こう
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 汞 ‎(/ɦuŋX/, “mercury, quicksilver”).

Pronunciation

Noun

汞 ‎(hiragana こう, romaji kō)

  1. mercury, quicksilver
Usage notes

The kō reading is used in chemical compounds that include (e.g. corrosive sublimate).

Derived terms

References

  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

汞 • ‎(hong) (hangeul 홍, revised hong, McCune-Reischauer hong, Yale hong)

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Vietnamese

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