鍺

See also: 锗

鍺 U+937A, 鍺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-937A ← 鍹 [U+9379] CJK Unified Ideographs 鍻 → [U+937B]

Translingual

Han character

鍺 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金十大日 (CJKA), four-corner 8416₀, composition ⿰釒者)

1. metal flashing on axle of cart

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1315, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40661
• Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4214, character 7
• Unihan data for U+937A

Chinese

trad.		鍺
simp.		锗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǒ (duo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǒ
    • Wade–Giles: to³
    • Yale: dwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoo
    • Palladius: до (do)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: twaX

Rime
Character	鍺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	丁果切
Baxter	twaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/tuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twaX/
Li Rong	/tuɑX/
Wang Li	/tuɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鍺
Reading #	1/1
No.	16967
Phonetic component	者
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	埵
Old Chinese	/*toːlʔ/
Notes	集韻刪鍺增從隋字， 疑者聲來自書訛

Definitions

鍺

1. (historical) a metal plain bearing used in wheel axles on vehicles

See also

• 鐧／锏 (jiàn)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鍺 – see 堵 (“ancient unit of measure for sixteen bells or chimes hanging on a bell pendant stand”). (This character is a variant form of 堵).

Etymology 3

Chemical element
Ge
Previous: 鎵／镓 (jiā) (Ga)
Next: 砷 (shēn) (As)

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhě (zhe³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhě
    • Wade–Giles: chê³
    • Yale: jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jee
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze²
    • Yale: jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiá
    • Tâi-lô: tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sia⁵³/

Definitions

鍺

1. germanium

Japanese

Kanji

鍺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: た (ta)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kun: まきがね (makigane, 鍺)

Korean

Hanja

鍺 • (ta) (hangeul 타, revised ta, McCune–Reischauer t'a, Yale tha)

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