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U+6C5E, 汞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C5E

[U+6C5D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6C5F]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一水 (ME), four-corner 10232, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 606, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17139
  • Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1550, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C5E

Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 汞, Liushutong (compiled in Ming) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡoːŋʔ): phonetic (OC *koːŋ) + semantic (water)

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. (chemistry) mercury (Hg)
  2. a surname, Gong

Synonyms

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. mercury, quicksilver (the metal)

Readings

  • Go-on: (gu)
  • Kan-on: こう ()
  • Kun: みずがね (mizugane, )みづがね (midugane, , historical)

Etymology 1

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水銀みずかね
[noun] mercury
Alternative spelling
𫒎
水銀みずがね
[noun] (chemistry, obsolete) mercury; quicksilver
Alternative spelling
𫒎
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

The term mizugane, regardless of kanji spelling, is largely obsolete in modern Japanese.

The usage of this kanji is rare and literary, and it is not used in isolation in modern Japanese. Use 水銀 instead for the standalone word for mercury.

Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese (ɦuŋX, mercury, quicksilver).

The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう) () 

  1. (chemistry) mercury, quicksilver
Usage notes

The reading is used in chemical compounds that include (e.g. corrosive sublimate).

Derived terms

References

Korean

Hanja

(eum (hong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: hống

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References

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