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鉛
鉛
See also: 铅
Translingual
Alternative forms
Han character
鉛 (radical 167 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金金口 (CCR) or 金竹弓口 (CHNR), four-corner 88160, composition ⿰釒㕣)
References
- KangXi: page 1301, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40310
- Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4189, character 1
- Unihan data for U+925B
Chinese
| trad. | 鉛 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 铅 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (沿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 船 | *ɦljon |
| 舩 | *ɦljon |
| 沿 | *lon |
| 鉛 | *lon |
| 鈆 | *kljoŋ, *lon |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lon) : semantic 釒 (“metal”) + phonetic 㕣 (OC *lon) – a kind of metal.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn / yàn
- Min Nan (POJ): iân
- Wu (Wiktionary): khe (T1); hhi (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ien1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: yen2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyun4
- Yale: yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4
- IPA (key): /jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn
- Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan2
- IPA: /i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan2
- IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân
- Tâi-lô: iân
- Phofsit Daibuun: ieen
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: khe (T1); hhi (T3)
- IPA (key): /kʰᴇ⁵³/, /ɦi²³/
- Note: .
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 鉛 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕʰian⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /t͡ɕʰian⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕʰian²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕʰiã²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡ɕʰiã²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕʰian²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡ɕʰiã²¹/ | |
| Xining | /t͡ɕʰiã⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕʰian⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡ɕʰiɛ̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕʰian⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /yan³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡ɕʰian⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕʰiɛ̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡ɕʰien³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕʰiĩ²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕʰie¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕʰiɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕʰie³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰe⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /kʰe̞⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕʰiẽ̞³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /kʰa³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian |
/t͡ɕʰie³¹/ /kʰɛ³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /kʰɔ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /yẽ¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /yẽ¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/ȵyɵn⁴⁵/ ～筆 /kʰan⁴²/ 洋～桶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ian¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /ʒen¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jyn²¹/ |
| Nanning | /yn²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jyn²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /ian³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /yoŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /yiŋ³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /iŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /in³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鉛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 與專切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/jiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/jʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/juæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/jwian/ |
| Li Rong |
/iuɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/jĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yuán |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鉛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14281 |
| Phonetic component |
沿 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
沿 |
| Old Chinese |
/*lon/ |
Definitions
鉛
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
鉛
Readings
Compounds
Pronunciation
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鉛 |
|
なまり Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Pb | Previous: タリウム (tariumu) (Tl) |
| Next: ビスマス (bisumasu) (Bi) | |
Noun
鉛 (uncountable, hiragana なまり, romaji namari)
- lead (chemical element)
Korean
Hanja
鉛 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)
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