# 鏷

| 鏷 | U+93F7, &#37879; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93F7 |
| ← 鏶 [U+93F6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鏸 → [U+93F8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鏷 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金廿金人 (CTCO), four-corner 8213$_5$, composition ⿰釒菐)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1321, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40850
* Dae Jaweon: page 1821, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4255, character 14
* Unihan data for U+93F7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 樸 | *baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ |
| 璞 | *pʰroːɡ |
| 墣 | *pʰroːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 撲 | *broːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 轐 | *poːɡ, *buːɡ |
| 獛 | *poːɡ |
| 蹼 | *poːɡ |
| 襆 | *poːɡ, *boɡ |
| 濮 | *poːɡ |
| 纀 | *poːɡ |
| 醭 | *pʰoːɡ |
| 僕 | *boːɡ, *buːɡ |
| 菐 | *boːɡ, *puɡ |
| 穙 | *boːɡ |
| 鏷 | *buːɡ |
| 幞 | *boɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *buːɡ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pú (pu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): porh$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$boq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pú
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pú
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^2$
*** Yale: pú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
*** Palladius: пу (pu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu³⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: porh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɒʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: porh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɒʔ²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$boq
*** MiniDict: boh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$boq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: bowk
Rime :
| Character | 鏷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 沃 (6) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蒲沃切 |
| Baxter | bowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /bok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /buok̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | buk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*buːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鏷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9900 |
| Phonetic component | 菐 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 僕 |
| Old Chinese | /*buːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

鏷
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    alt. forms: 𨮓

### Etymology 2

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#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pú (pu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): buk$^6$ / pok$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$boq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pú
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pú
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^2$
*** Yale: pú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
*** Palladius: пу (pu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: buk$^6$ / pok$^3$
*** Yale: buhk / pok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: buk$^9$ / pok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bug$^6$ / pog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʊk̚²/, /pʰɔːk̚³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$boq
*** MiniDict: boh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$boq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boʔ¹²/

#### Definitions

鏷
* (chemistry) protactinium

### References

* “鏷”, 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), “镤”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 179.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ほく (hoku)、ぼく (boku)
* Kun: あらがね (aragane)