# 鎦

| 鎦 | U+93A6, &#37798; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93A6 |
| ← 鎥 [U+93A5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鎧 → [U+93A7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鎦 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金竹竹田 (CHHW), four-corner 8216$_3$, composition ⿰釒留)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1318, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40734
* Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4243, character 6
* Unihan data for U+93A6

## Chinese

* 鎦

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 卯 | *mruːʔ |
| 昴 | *mruːʔ |
| 泖 | *mruːʔ |
| 茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
| 奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
| 窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
| 聊 | *m·rɯːw |
| 貿 | *mlus |
| 鄮 | *mlus |
| 劉 | *m·ru |
| 留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 蒥 | *m·ru |
| 鶹 | *m·ru |
| 騮 | *m·ru |
| 榴 | *m·ru |
| 瑠 | *ru |
| 瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 遛 | *m·ru |
| 鎦 | *m·ru |
| 飀 | *m·ru |
| 鰡 | *m·ru |
| 嵧 | *m·ru |
| 餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 柳 | *m·ruʔ |
| 珋 | *m·ruʔ |
| 罶 | *m·ruʔ |
| 嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
| 溜 | *m·rus |
| 霤 | *m·rus |
| 廇 | *m·rus |
| 塯 | *m·rus |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *m·ru): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liú (liu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liú
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^2$
*** Yale: lyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
*** Palladius: лю (lju)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^4$
*** Yale: làuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ljuw
Rime :
| Character | 鎦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力求切 |
| Baxter | ljuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /luw/ |
| Li Rong | /liu/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*m·ru/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鎦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8890 |
| Phonetic component | 卯 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 劉 |
| Old Chinese | /*m·ru/ |

#### Definitions

鎦
* a traditional Chinese gilding process involving gold dissolved in mercury, which is painted on silver, copper, brass, or bronze wares
    alt. forms: 鎏 (liú)
    鎦金／镏金 ― liújīn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (historical dictionaries only) Alternative form of 劉 / 刘 (liú, “to kill”)
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 鎦金 / 镏金 (liújīn)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liù (liu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): liou$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liòu
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^4$
*** Yale: lyòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liow
*** Palladius: лю (lju)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^6$
*** Yale: lauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: liou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liəu⁴⁵/

#### Definitions

鎦
* (dialectal) finger ring
* (historical dictionaries only) pot
    alt. forms: 磂

#### Compounds

* 鎦子 / 镏子 (liùzi)

### Etymology 3

* 鎦
From New Latin lutetium.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liú (liu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liú
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^2$
*** Yale: lyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
*** Palladius: лю (lju)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^4$
*** Yale: làuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²¹/

#### Definitions

鎦
* (Taiwan, obsolete in Mainland China, chemistry) lutetium
    Synonym: 鑥 / 镥 (lǔ) (Mainland China)

### References

* “鎦”, 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–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05423

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)
* Kun: こしき (koshiki, 鎦)