鎂

See also: 镁

鎂	U+9382, 鎂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9382

← 鎁
[U+9381]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鎃 →
[U+9383]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

鎂 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金廿土大 (CTGK), four-corner 8813₅, composition ⿰釒美)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1316, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40687
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4235, character 13
Unihan data for U+9382

Chinese edit

trad.		鎂
simp.		镁

Chemical element
Mg
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鎂

Glyph origin edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from New Latin magnesium.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měi (mei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bí

(Teochew, Peng'im): mui²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měi
  - Wade–Giles: mei³
  - Yale: měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meei
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵
  - Yale: méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
  - Tâi-lô: bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²/

Definitions edit

鎂

(chemistry) magnesium

Compounds edit

氧化鎂／氧化镁 (yǎnghuàměi)
氫氧化鎂／氢氧化镁 (qīngyǎnghuàměi)
氯化鎂／氯化镁 (lǜhuàměi)
氮化鎂／氮化镁 (dànhuàměi)
硫化鎂／硫化镁 (liúhuàměi)
硝酸鎂／硝酸镁 (xiāosuānměi)
硫酸鎂／硫酸镁 (liúsuānměi)
碳酸鎂／碳酸镁 (tànsuānměi)
鎂光燈／镁光灯 (měiguāngdēng)
鎂粉／镁粉 (měifěn)

Etymology 2 edit

Decomposition of the character into its components.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měijīn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-kim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měijīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měijin
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-chin¹
  - Yale: měi-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijin
  - Palladius: мэйцзинь (mɛjczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ gam¹
  - Yale: méih gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-kim
  - Tâi-lô: bí-kim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'kym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/

Definitions edit

鎂

(neologism, Internet slang) Alternative form of 美金 (měijīn)

References edit

“鎂”, 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 edit

Kanji edit

鎂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Go-on: み (mi)
Kan-on: び (bi)
Kun: マグネシウム (maguneshiumu, 鎂)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

鎂 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

鎂: Hán Nôm readings: mĩ

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