釷

See also: 钍

釷	U+91F7, 釷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91F7

← 釶
[U+91F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

釸 →
[U+91F8]

Translingual

Han character

釷 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金土 (CG), four-corner 8411₀, composition ⿰釒土)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1297, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40197
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4171, character 1
Unihan data for U+91F7

Chinese

trad.		釷
simp.		钍

Chemical element
Th
Previous: 錒／锕 (ā) (Ac)
Next: 鏷／镤 (pú) (Pa)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 土 (tǔ).

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin thorium.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔ (tu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵thu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu³
  - Yale: tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuu
  - Palladius: ту (tu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tou²
  - Yale: tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵thu
  - MiniDict: thu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰu³⁴/

Definitions

釷

(chemistry) thorium

Compounds

硝酸釷 / 硝酸钍 (xiāosuāntǔ)
釷石 / 钍石

References

“釷”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

釷

(Hyōgai kanji)

(chemistry) thorium

Readings

Kan-on: と (to)
Kun: トリウム (toriumu)