鋁

See also: 铝

鋁	U+92C1, 鋁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92C1

← 鋀
[U+92C0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鋂 →
[U+92C2]

Translingual

Han character

鋁 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金口竹口 (CRHR) or 金口口 (CRR), four-corner 8616₀, composition ⿰釒呂)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1306, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40434
Dae Jaweon: page 1808, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4196, character 9
Unihan data for U+92C1

Chinese

trad.		鋁
simp.		铝

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

Chemical element
Al
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Next: *硅 (guī), 矽 (xī) (Si)*

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鋁

Borrowed from New Latin aluminium.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǚ (lü³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nü³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leoi⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lui⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): li³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lî

(Meixian, Guangdong): li¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ly²
Northern Min (KCR): lṳ̌
Eastern Min (BUC): lṳ̄
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lū / lǐr / lī / līr / lú / lír / lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): le⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lü³
  - Yale: lyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
  - Palladius: люй (ljuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nü³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ly
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵
  - Yale: léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lui²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: li³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: li´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /li²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ly²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ly⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lṳ̌
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃y³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lū
  - Tâi-lô: lū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lu²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǐr
  - Tâi-lô: lǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
  - Tâi-lô: lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līr
  - Tâi-lô: līr
  - IPA (Kinmen): /lɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
  - Tâi-lô: lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
  - Tâi-lô: lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
  - Tâi-lô: lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/

Note:

lū/lǐr/lī/līr - vernacular;
lú/lír/lí - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: le⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lṳ̆
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɯ³⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶liu
  - MiniDict: liu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ly
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ly²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /le̞i̯⁴¹/

Definitions

鋁

(chemistry) aluminium; aluminum

Synonyms

礬素／矾素
(Hokkien) 輕銀／轻银 (khin-gîn, khin-gûn)
(Teochew) 輕鐵／轻铁 (qīngtiě)
(Shanghainese) 鋼宗／钢宗

Dialectal synonyms of 鋁 (“aluminium; aluminum ”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋁
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鋁
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鋁
Southern Min	Taipei	a-lú-mih
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	a-lú-mih
	Kaohsiung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Yilan	a-lú-mih
	Changhua (Lukang)	a-lú-mih
	Taichung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Tainan	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Hsinchu	a-lú-mih
	Kinmen	鋁
	Penghu (Magong)	輕銀, a-lú-mih
Wu	Shanghai	鋁
Xiang	Changsha	輕飄, 鑌鐵

Descendants

→ Zhuang: lij

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鋁 – see 鑢 (“file, rasp; to file; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鑢).

Japanese

Kanji

鋁

(Hyōgai kanji)

aluminum

Readings

Go-on: ろ (ro)
Kan-on: りょ (ryo)
Kun: やすり (yasuri, 鋁); アルミニウム (aruminiumu)

Korean

Hanja

鋁 • (ryeo) (hangeul 려, revised ryeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ, Yale lye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鋁: Hán Nôm readings: lã, lữ

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