鈉

See also: 钠

鈉 U+9209, 鈉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9209 ← 鈈 [U+9208] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈊 → [U+920A]

Translingual

Han character

鈉 (radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金人月 (COB), four-corner 8412₇, composition ⿰金内 or ⿰金內)

References

• KangXi: page 1298, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40215
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4176, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9209

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Chinese

trad.		鈉
simp.		钠

Chemical element
Na
Previous: 氖 (Ne)
Next: 鎂／镁 (Mg)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (內) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
妠	*nuːms, *nuːb, *rnoːd
內	*nuːbs
笍	*tnobs, *njobs
芮	*njobs
枘	*njobs
汭	*njobs
鈉	*njobs
蜹	*njobs, *lobs, *njod
抐	*nuːns, *nuːd
納	*nuːb
衲	*nuːb
魶	*nuːb, *noːb
軜	*nuːb
蒳	*nuːb
豽	*rnuːd
肭	*rnuːd, *nuːd, *nuɡ
吶	*nod
焫	*njod
訥	*nuːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njobs): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 內 (OC *nuːbs).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin natrium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): na̍p
• Min Dong (BUC): năk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h / la̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nab⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): neq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
    • Wade–Giles: na4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naap⁶
    • Yale: naahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /näːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: na̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: nab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /nap̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: năk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡaʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍p
    • Tâi-lô: la̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lap
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lap̚²⁴/

Note:

• la̍p - literary;
• la̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: nab⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: na̍p
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nap̚⁴/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: neq (T5)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nəʔ¹²/

Definitions

鈉

1. sodium

Compounds

• 低鈉鹽／低钠盐
• 氧化鈉／氧化钠 (yǎnghuànà)
• 氫氧化鈉／氢氧化钠 (qīngyǎnghuànà)
• 氯化鈉／氯化钠 (lǜhuànà)

• 溴化鈉／溴化钠
• 苛性鈉／苛性钠 (kēxìngnà)
• 鈉燈／钠灯

• 鈉玻璃／钠玻璃
• 鈉離子／钠离子
• 鈉鹼／钠碱

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
    • Wade–Giles: na4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naap⁶
    • Yale: naahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /näːp̚²/

Definitions

鈉

1. ^† to forge iron

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruì (rui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ruì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: jui4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐweɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiuᴇi^H/

Rime
Character	鈉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而銳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwiajH/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛiH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭwɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruì

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njobs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈉
Reading #	1/1
No.	9387
Phonetic component	內
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*njobs/

Definitions

鈉

1. ^† Alternative form of 枘 (ruì, “tenon”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 𨧨 (“sharp; pointed”).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), a04273

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Japanese

Kanji

鈉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): どう (dō), のう (nō)
• Kun: きたえる (kitaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

鈉 • (nap) (hangeul 납, revised nap, McCune–Reischauer nap, Yale nap)

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