鎂

鎂

See also: 镁

鎂 U+9382, 鎂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9382 ← 鎁 [U+9381] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎃 → [U+9383]

Translingual

Han character

鎂 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金廿土大 (CTGK), four-corner 8813₅, composition ⿰金美)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1316, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40687
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4235, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9382

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Chinese

trad.		鎂
simp.		镁

Chemical element
Mg
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Next: 鋁／铝 (lǚ) (Al)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 美 (měi).

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin magnesium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měi (mei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měi
    • Wade–Giles: mei³
    • Yale: měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵
    • Yale: méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
    • Tâi-lô: bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²/

Definitions

鎂

1. (chemistry) magnesium

Compounds

氧化鎂／氧化镁 (yǎnghuàměi) 氫氧化鎂／氢氧化镁 (qīngyǎnghuàměi) 氮化鎂／氮化镁 (dànhuàměi) 氯化鎂／氯化镁 (lǜhuàměi)

硝酸鎂／硝酸镁 (xiāosuānměi) 硫化鎂／硫化镁 (liúhuàměi) 硫酸鎂／硫酸镁 (liúsuānměi)

碳酸鎂／碳酸镁 (tànsuānměi) 鎂光燈／镁光灯 (měiguāngdēng) 鎂粉／镁粉 (měifěn)

References

• “鎂”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

鎂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: み (mi)
• Kan-on: び (bi)
• Kun: マグネシウム (maguneshiumu, 鎂)

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Korean

Hanja

鎂 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鎂: Hán Nôm readings: mĩ

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