# 鈷

| 鈷 | U+9237, &#37431; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9237 |
| ← 鈶 [U+9236] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鈸 → [U+9238] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鈷 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金十口 (CJR), four-corner 8416$_0$, composition ⿰釒古)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40270
* Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4183, character 3
* Unihan data for U+9237

## Chinese

* 鈷

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔ (gu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$
*** Yale: gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$
*** Yale: gú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
*** Tâi-lô: kóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kor
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ku
*** MiniDict: ku$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³⁴/

#### Definitions

鈷
* cobalt

##### Compounds

* 鈷六十／钴六十
* 鈷玻璃／钴玻璃
* 鈷藍／钴蓝

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔ (gu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$ / gu$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$
*** Yale: gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$ / gu$^1$
*** Yale: gú / gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$ / gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$ / gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵/, /kuː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
*** Tâi-lô: kóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kor
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: kuX
Rime :
| Character | 鈷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 公戸切 |
| Baxter | kuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ko$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ko$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ku$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鈷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4223 |
| Phonetic component | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 古 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

鈷
* Only used in 鈷鉧／钴𬭁 (gǔmǔ).

##### Compounds

* 鈷鉧／钴𬭁 (gǔmǔ)
* 鈷鉧潭／钴𬭁潭

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gù (gu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gù
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gù
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^4$
*** Yale: gù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵¹/

#### Definitions

鈷
* to break

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鈷 – see 瑚. (This character is a variant form of 瑚).

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
*** Tâi-lô: kóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kor
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/

#### Definitions

鈷
* (Southern Min) pot (classifier for bottled liquid)

### References

* “鈷”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* an iron (appliance for removing wrinkles from clothing)
* (Buddhism) a vajra
* cobalt

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)
* On: ご (go)
* Kun: たつ (tatsu)

#### Compounds

* 独(とっ)鈷(こ) (tokko)
* 三(さん)鈷(こ) (sanko): trident vajra

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鈷
* こ Hyōgai
* kan'on

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞]

#### Noun

鈷(こ) • (ko)
* cobalt

## Korean
### Hanja

鈷 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鈷: Hán Nôm readings: cổ, cỗ
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