碲

碲	U+78B2, 碲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78B2

← 碱
[U+78B1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

碳 →
[U+78B3]

Translingual

Han character

碲 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜月月 (MRYBB), four-corner 1062₇, composition ⿰石帝)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 833, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24362
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2445, character 3
Unihan data for U+78B2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		碲

Chemical element
Te
Previous: 銻／锑 (tī) (Sb)
Next: *碘 (diǎn) (I)*

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 帝.

Etymology

From New Latin tellurium.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dì
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴
  - Yale: dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
  - Palladius: ди (di)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dai³
  - Yale: dai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
  - Tâi-lô: tè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²¹/

Definitions

碲

(chemistry) tellurium

Japanese

Kanji

碲

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): てい (tei)

Korean

Hanja

碲 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che, Yale cey)

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