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

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• 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

1. 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

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• 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

1. (chemistry) actinium

Descendants

• → Zhuang: ah