# 鈾

| 鈾 | U+923E, &#37438; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-923E |
| ← 鈽 [U+923D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鈿 → [U+923F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鈾 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金中田 (CLW), four-corner 8516$_0$, composition ⿰釒由)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40278
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4186, character 5
* Unihan data for U+923E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 袖 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 岫 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 牰 | *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs |
| 抽 | *l̥ʰɯw |
| 妯 | *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 紬 | *l'ɯw |
| 怞 | *l'ɯw |
| 鮋 | *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw |
| 菗 | *rlɯw |
| 宙 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 胄 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 冑 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 伷 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 駎 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 油 | *lɯw, *lɯwɢs |
| 由 | *lɯw |
| 蚰 | *lɯw |
| 秞 | *lɯw |
| 邮 | *lɯw |
| 釉 | *lɯwɢs |
| 柚 | *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 鼬 | *lɯwɢs |
| 苖 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 笛 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 迪 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 頔 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 軸 | *l'ɯwɢ |
| 舳 | *l'ɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yóu, yòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ, ㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau$^{4-2}$ / jau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yu$^2$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yeu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^2$
*** Yale: yóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^4$
*** Yale: yòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^{4-2}$ / jau$^4$
*** Yale: yáu / yàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^{4-2}$ / jau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^{4-2}$ / yeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /jɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yiu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiu²²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /iu¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: iu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /iu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
*** Tâi-lô: iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû
*** Sinological IPA : /iu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yeu
*** MiniDict: yeu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/

#### Definitions

鈾
* (chemistry) uranium
    鈾濃縮／铀浓缩 ― yóu nóngsuō ― uranium enrichment

#### Compounds

* 二氧化鈾／二氧化铀 (èryǎnghuàyóu)
* 氫鈾彈／氢铀弹
* 濃縮鈾／浓缩铀 (nóngsuōyóu)
* 瀝青鈾礦／沥青铀矿 (lìqīng yóukuàng)
* 貧鈾／贫铀 (pínyóu)
* 鈾礦／铀矿 (yóukuàng)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鈾 – see 冑 (“helmet worn by warriors in ancient times”). (This character is a variant form of 冑).

### Etymology 3

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

### References

* “鈾”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “铀”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 289.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、ゆう (yū)
* Kun: ウラン (uran)、ウラニウム (uraniumu)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鈾: Hán Nôm readings: du, do
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