# 鉀

| 鉀 | U+9240, &#37440; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9240 |
| ← 鈿 [U+923F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鉁 → [U+9241] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鉀 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金田中 (CWL), four-corner 8615$_0$, composition ⿰釒甲)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40280
* Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4185, character 9
* Unihan data for U+9240

## Chinese

* 鉀

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 笚 | *ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb |
| 閘 | *klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb |
| 鉀 | *klaːb, *kraːb |
| 甲 | *kraːb |
| 胛 | *kraːb |
| 岬 | *kraːb |
| 押 | *kraːb, *qraːb |
| 玾 | *kraːb |
| 呷 | *qʰraːb |
| 匣 | *ɡraːb |
| 狎 | *ɡraːb |
| 柙 | *ɡraːb |
| 翈 | *ɡraːb |
| 炠 | *ɡraːb |
| 鴨 | *qraːb |
| 庘 | *qraːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaːb, *kraːb) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb, “armour”)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin kalium.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎ (jia$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kah / kap
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$ciaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎ
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jea
*** Palladius: цзя (czja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaap$^3$
*** Yale: gaap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːp̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah
*** Tâi-lô: kah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap
*** Tâi-lô: kap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kab
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kap̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kap̚³²/
* kah - vernacular;
* kap - literary.

#### Definitions

鉀
* (chemistry) potassium

#### Compounds

* 亞硫酸鉀／亚硫酸钾 (yàliúsuānjiǎ)
* 亞硝酸鉀／亚硝酸钾 (yàxiāosuānjiǎ)
* 低血鉀／低血钾 (dīxuèjiǎ)
* 氟化鉀／氟化钾 (fúhuàjiǎ)
* 氧化鉀／氧化钾 (yǎnghuàjiǎ)
* 氫化鉀／氢化钾 (qīnghuàjiǎ)
* 氫氧化鉀／氢氧化钾 (qīngyǎnghuàjiǎ)
* 氫氧化鉀／氢氧化钾 (qīngyǎnghuàjiǎ)
* 氰化鉀／氰化钾 (qínghuàjiǎ)
* 氯化鉀／氯化钾 (lǜhuàjiǎ)
* 氮磷鉀／氮磷钾
* 氯酸鉀／氯酸钾 (lǜsuānjiǎ)
* 溴化鉀／溴化钾 (xiùhuàjiǎ)
* 硫化鉀／硫化钾 (liúhuàjiǎ)
* 硫酸鉀／硫酸钾 (liúsuānjiǎ)
* 硝酸鉀／硝酸钾 (xiāosuānjiǎ)
* 碘酸鉀／碘酸钾 (diǎnsuānjiǎ)
* 碳酸氫鉀／碳酸氢钾 (tànsuānqīngjiǎ)
* 碳酸鉀／碳酸钾 (tànsuānjiǎ)
* 磷酸鉀／磷酸钾 (línsuānjiǎ)
* 超氧化鉀／超氧化钾 (chāoyǎnghuàjiǎ)
* 過氧化鉀／过氧化钾 (guòyǎnghuàjiǎ)
* 過錳酸鉀／过锰酸钾 (guòměngsuānjiǎ)
* 金氰化鉀／金氰化钾
* 鉀皂／钾皂
* 鉀肥／钾肥
* 鉻酸鉀／铬酸钾 (gèsuānjiǎ)
* 高血鉀／高血钾 (gāoxuèjiǎ)
* 高錳酸鉀／高锰酸钾 (gāoměngsuānjiǎ)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gé, hé (ge$^2$, he$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ, ㄏㄜˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gé
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$
*** Yale: gé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kap
Rime :
| Character | 鉀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 盍 (144) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古盍切 |
| Baxter | kap |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kap̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kɑp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*klaːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鉀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 5929 |
| Phonetic component | 甲 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䫦 |
| Old Chinese | /*klaːb/ |
| Notes | 見方言 |

#### Definitions

鉀
* Only used in 鉀鑪／钾𬬻.

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鉀 – see 甲 (“armour”). (This character is an ancient form of 甲).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: よろい (yoroi, 鉀)、カリュウム (karyūmu, 鉀)

## Korean
### Hanja

鉀 • (gap) (hangeul 갑, revised gap, McCune–Reischauer kap, Yale kap)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鉀: Hán Nôm readings: giáp
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