鈾

See also: 铀

鈾 U+923E, 鈾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-923E ← 鈽 [U+923D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈿 → [U+923F]

Translingual

Han character

鈾 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金中田 (CLW), four-corner 8516₀, composition ⿰釒由)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40278
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4186, character 5
• Unihan data for U+923E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Etymology 1

trad.		鈾
simp.		铀

Chemical element
U
Previous: 鏷／镤 (pú) (Pa)
Next: 鎿／镎 (ná), 錼 (nài) (Np)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu, yòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ, ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau^4-2 / jau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yu²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²
    • Yale: yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau^4-2 / jau⁴
    • Yale: yáu / yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau^4-2 / jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo^4-2 / yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /jɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiu²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yu²
    • Sinological IPA: /iu¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: iu²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: iu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
    • Tâi-lô: iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu
    • MiniDict: yeu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/

Definitions

鈾

1. (chemistry) uranium

   鈾濃縮／铀浓缩  ―  yóu nóngsuō  ―  uranium enrichment

Compounds

• 二氧化鈾 / 二氧化铀 (èryǎnghuàyóu)
• 氫鈾彈 / 氢铀弹
• 濃縮鈾 / 浓缩铀 (nóngsuōyóu)
• 瀝青鈾礦 / 沥青铀矿 (lìqīng yóukuàng)
• 貧鈾 / 贫铀 (pínyóu)
• 鈾礦 / 铀矿 (yóukuàng)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鈾 – see 冑 (“helmet worn by warriors in ancient times”). (This character is a variant form of 冑).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鈾 – see 宙. (This character is a variant form of 宙).

References

• “鈾”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “铀”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 289.

Japanese

Kanji

鈾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、ゆう (yū)
• Kun: ウラン (uran)、ウラニウム (uraniumu)

Vietnamese

Han character

鈾: Hán Nôm readings: du, do

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