鉑

See also: 铂

鉑 U+9251, 鉑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9251 ← 鉐 [U+9250] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉒 → [U+9252]

Translingual

Han character

鉑 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹日 (CHA), four-corner 8610₀, composition ⿰釒白)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1301, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40299
• Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4187, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9251

Chinese

trad.		鉑
simp.		铂

Chemical element
Pt
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Etymology

“thin sheet of metal”

Variant of 薄 (MC bak).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bok⁶
    • Yale: bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹/

Definitions

鉑

1. alternative form of 箔 (bó, “thin sheet of metal”)
2. (chemistry) platinum (metal)

Synonyms

• (platinum):

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• 白金 (báijīn) (informal)
• 鉑金 / 铂金 (bójīn)

Compounds

• 鉑金 / 铂金 (bójīn)
• 鉑黑 / 铂黑 (bóhēi)
• 鉑黴素 / 铂霉素

Japanese

Kanji

鉑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Platinum

Readings

• Go-on: ばく (baku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)
• Kun: しろがね (shirogane)

Korean

Hanja

鉑 (eumhun 금백 백 (geumbaek baek)) (백금)

1. hanja form^? of 금 (“gold leaf, platinum”)

Vietnamese

Han character

鉑: Hán Nôm readings: bạc, bạch

1. silver

Compounds

• 錢鉑 (tiền bạc)
• 紙鉑 (giấy bạc)
• 銅鉑 (đồng bạc)

Usage notes

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for silver is bạc.
• This character only means silver in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character means platinum. 銀 means silver in Chinese and Japanese.

References

• www.chunom.org