# 鍺

| 鍺 | U+937A, &#37754; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-937A |
| ← 鍹 [U+9379] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鍻 → [U+937B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鍺 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金十大日 (CJKA), four-corner 8416$_0$, composition ⿰釒者)
* metal flashing on axle of cart

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1315, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40661
* Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4214, character 7
* Unihan data for U+937A

## Chinese

* 鍺

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 觰 | *rtaːʔ, *rtaː |
| 諸 | *tjaː, *tja |
| 者 | *tjaːʔ |
| 堵 | *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ |
| 赭 | *tjaːʔ |
| 撦 | *l̥ʰjaːʔ |
| 扯 | *tʰjaːʔ |
| 闍 | *djaː, *taː |
| 奢 | *hljaː |
| 鍺 | *toːlʔ |
| 都 | *taː |
| 醏 | *taː |
| 覩 | *taːʔ |
| 睹 | *taːʔ |
| 暏 | *taːʔ |
| 賭 | *taːʔ |
| 帾 | *taːʔ |
| 楮 | *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 屠 | *daː, *da |
| 瘏 | *daː |
| 廜 | *daː |
| 鷵 | *daː |
| 緒 | *ljaʔ |
| 豬 | *ta |
| 猪 | *ta |
| 瀦 | *ta |
| 藸 | *ta, *da |
| 櫫 | *ta |
| 褚 | *taʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 著 | *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ |
| 箸 | *tas, *das |
| 儲 | *da |
| 躇 | *da |
| 櫧 | *tja |
| 藷 | *tja, *djas |
| 蠩 | *tja |
| 煮 | *tjaʔ |
| 渚 | *tjaʔ |
| 煑 | *tjaʔ |
| 陼 | *tjaʔ |
| 翥 | *tjas |
| 署 | *djas |
| 薯 | *djas |
| 曙 | *djas |
| 書 | *hlja |
| 暑 | *hjaʔ |
| 鐯 | *taɡ |
| 擆 | *taɡ |
| 櫡 | *taɡ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duǒ (duo$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duǒ
*** Wade–Giles: to$^3$
*** Yale: dwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoo
*** Palladius: до (do)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: twaX
Rime :
| Character | 鍺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 丁果切 |
| Baxter | twaX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tuɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tuɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /twa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tuɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tuɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tuɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | duǒ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | do$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*toːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鍺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16967 |
| Phonetic component | 者 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 埵 |
| Old Chinese | /*toːlʔ/ |
| Notes | 集韻刪鍺增從隋字， 疑者聲來自書訛 |

### Definitions

鍺
* (historical) a metal plain bearing used in wheel axles on vehicles

#### See also

* 鐧／锏 (jiàn)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鍺 – see 堵 (“ancient unit of measure for sixteen bells or chimes hanging on a bell pendant stand”). (This character is a variant form of 堵).

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhě (zhe$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ze$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiá
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhě
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhě
*** Wade–Giles: chê$^3$
*** Yale: jě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jee
*** Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ze$^2$
*** Yale: jé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dze$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiá
*** Tâi-lô: tsiá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciar
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sia⁵³/

### Definitions

鍺
* germanium

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: た (ta)
* Kan-on: た (ta)
* Kun: まきがね (makigane, 鍺)

## Korean
### Hanja

鍺 • (ta) (hangeul 타, revised ta, McCune–Reischauer t'a, Yale tha)
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