磺

磺 U+78FA, 磺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78FA ← 磹 [U+78F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 磻 → [U+78FB]

Translingual

Han character

磺 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿中金 (MRTLC), four-corner 1468₆, composition ⿰石黄 (GV) or ⿰石黃 (HTJK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24487
• Dae Jaweon: page 1254, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2451, character 5
• Unihan data for U+78FA

Chinese

trad.		磺
simp. #		磺

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáng (huang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông / n̂g / ûiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²
    • Yale: hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴
    • Yale: wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: n̂g
    • Tâi-lô: n̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /ŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vuii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ¹³/

Note:

• hông - literary;
• n̂g/ûiⁿ - vernacular.

Definitions

磺

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, chemistry) sulfur, brimstone

   Synonym: 硫 (liú)

2. (chemistry) sulfonyl

Compounds

• 上磺 (Shànghuáng)
• 牛磺酸 (niúhuángsuān)
• 硫磺 (liúhuáng)
• 硫磺泉
• 硫磺群島 / 硫磺群岛
• 硫磺谷
• 磺潭 (Huángtán)
• 磺胺 (huáng'àn)
• 磺胺劑 / 磺胺剂
• 磺酰基 (huángxiānjī)
• 磺酰胺 (huángxiān'àn)
• 磺酸 (huángsuān)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 磺 – see 礦 (“mineral deposit; ore; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 礦).

References

• “磺”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

磺

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sulfur

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)^{←わう (wau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

磺 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

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