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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 金一月田 (CMBW), four-corner 81162, composition)

  1. radium

References

  • KangXi: page 1323, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40940
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1823, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4262, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9433

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Etymology 1

From English radium.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. radium
Synonyms
  • (obsolete) (), (guāng)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Malay duit.

Pronunciation


Definitions

(chiefly Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland Min Nan)

  1. copper cash; coin
  2. Classifier for copper cash.
    銅鐳 / 铜镭 [Min Nan]   gō͘ lui tâng-lui [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   five copper cash
  3. (also slang in Hong Kong) money

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of (“money”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing 、錢兒
Tianjin
Jinan 、票子
Xi'an
Wuhan 角子
Chengdu
Yangzhou
Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou 、銀紙
Hong Kong 、銀紙
Taishan 、銀紙、
Yangjiang
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian
Jin Taiyuan
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Quanzhou
Xiamen
Zhangzhou
Taipei
Malaysia
Singapore
Chaozhou
Wu Shanghai 鈔票銅鈿
Hangzhou 銅鈿
Wenzhou 鈔票銅鈿、番鈿
Chongming 鈔票銅錢、番錢、銅錢銀、銅板
Xiang Changsha
Shuangfeng
Compounds
  • 丁鴉鐳丁鸦镭
  • 入鐳入镭
  • 咖啡鐳咖啡镭
  • 收鐳收镭
  • 無鐳无镭
  • 蘇古鐳苏古镭
  • 還鐳还镭
  • 銅鐳铜镭
  • 鐳公镭公
  • 鐳水镭水
  • 食鐳食镭

Etymology 3

Transliteration character.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Only used in 鐳射镭射 (léishè).

Etymology 4

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/luoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwəj/
Li
Rong
/luᴀi/
Wang
Li
/luɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
léi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7715
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruːl/

Definitions

  1. (archaic) bottle; pitcher

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings