錒

See also: 锕

錒	U+9312, 錒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9312

← 錑
[U+9311]

CJK Unified Ideographs

錓 →
[U+9313]

Translingual

Han character

錒 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金弓中口 (CNLR), four-corner 8112₀, composition ⿰釒阿)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1310, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40538
Dae Jaweon: page 1811, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4213, character 7
Unihan data for U+9312

Chinese

trad.		錒
simp.		锕

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ē (e¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ē
  - Zhuyin: ㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: e
  - Wade–Giles: o¹
  - Yale: ē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: e
  - Palladius: э (e)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵/

Definitions

錒

only used in 錒䥈, alternative form of 鈳䥈

Etymology 2

Chemical element
Ac
Previous: *鐳／镭 (léi) (Ra)*
Next: 釷／钍 (tǔ) (Th)

From New Latin actinium.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ā (a¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹a

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ā
  - Zhuyin: ㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: a
  - Wade–Giles: a¹
  - Yale: ā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: a
  - Palladius: а (a)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: aa³
  - Yale: a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹a
  - MiniDict: a^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹a
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /a⁵³/

Definitions

錒

(chemistry) actinium

Descendants

→ Zhuang: ah