氡

See also: 氭

氡	U+6C21, 氡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C21

← 氠
[U+6C20]

CJK Unified Ideographs

氢 →
[U+6C22]

Translingual

Han character

氡 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓竹水卜 (ONHEY), four-corner 8031₇, composition ⿹气冬)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2011, character 5
Unihan data for U+6C21

Chinese

trad.		氡
simp. ^#		氡

Chemical element
Rn
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 冬.

Etymology

Borrowed from English radon.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōng (dong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tong
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ton

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dong
  - Wade–Giles: tung¹
  - Yale: dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong
  - Palladius: дун (dun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dung¹
  - Yale: dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong
  - Tâi-lô: tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ton
  - MiniDict: ton^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ton
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /toŋ⁵³/

Definitions

氡

(chemistry) radon

Compounds

氡氣 / 氡气

Vietnamese

Han character

氡: Hán Nôm readings: đông

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