# 硼

| 硼 | U+787C, &#30844; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-787C |
| ← 硻 [U+787B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 硽 → [U+787D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

硼 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口月月 (MRBB), four-corner 1762$_0$, composition ⿰石朋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24254
* Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2439, character 4
* Unihan data for U+787C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 朋.

### Etymology 1

* 硼
Originally only used in 硼砂 (“borax”): first attested in 《丹方鑑源》 (Tang dynasty), as 大朋砂. The 硼 here is a loanword; compare Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).
The “boron” sense of 硼 is a clipping or back-formation.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): péng (peng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pang$^4$ / paang$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phìn
* Eastern Min (BUC): bèng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phêng / phn̂g / pêng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ban
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: péng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: péng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: péng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perng
*** Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pang$^4$ / paang$^4$
*** Yale: pàhng / pàahng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pang$^4$ / paang$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: peng$^4$ / pang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐŋ²¹/, /pʰaːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: pin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛiŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
*** Tâi-lô: phîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: phn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phngg
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰŋ̍²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
*** Tâi-lô: pîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
*** IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ban
*** MiniDict: ban$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ban
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bã²³/

#### Definitions

硼
* (chemistry) boron

##### Synonyms

* (obsolete) 𥑢 (bù)

#### Compounds

* 三氟化硼 (sānfúhuàpéng)
* 甲硼烷 (jiǎpéngwán)
* 硼化 (pénghuà)
* 硼化塑料
* 硼化物
* 硼烷 (péngwán)
* 硼玻璃
* 硼砂 (péngshā)
* 硼砂玻璃
* 硼肥
* 硼酸 (péngsuān)
* 硼酸水
* 硼酸鹽／硼酸盐
* 硼鋼／硼钢 (pénggāng)
* 硼鐵／硼铁 (péngtiě)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pēng (peng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: peng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻêng$^1$
*** Yale: pēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peng
*** Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paang$^1$
*** Yale: pāang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

硼
* (onomatopoeia) a loud sound
* Alternative form of 蹦 (bèng, “to jump”)
* Alternative form of 碰 (pèng, “to bump; to touch”)

#### Compounds

* 硼砰

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* boron

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)

## Korean
### Hanja

硼 • (bung, pyeong) (hangeul 붕, 평)
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