# 鎂

| 鎂 | U+9382, &#37762; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9382 |
| ← 鎁 [U+9381] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鎃 → [U+9383] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鎂 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金廿土大 (CTGK), four-corner 8813$_5$, composition ⿰釒美)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1316, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40687
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4235, character 13
* Unihan data for U+9382

## Chinese

* 鎂

### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 美 (měi).

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin magnesium.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): měi (mei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mui$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: měi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: měi
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^3$
*** Yale: měi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meei
*** Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^5$
*** Yale: méih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
*** Tâi-lô: bí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi
*** Sinological IPA : /mui⁵²/

#### Definitions

鎂
* (chemistry) magnesium

#### Compounds

* 氧化鎂 / 氧化镁 (yǎnghuàměi)
* 氫氧化鎂 / 氢氧化镁 (qīngyǎnghuàměi)
* 氯化鎂 / 氯化镁 (lǜhuàměi)
* 氮化鎂 / 氮化镁 (dànhuàměi)
* 硫化鎂 / 硫化镁 (liúhuàměi)
* 硝酸鎂 / 硝酸镁 (xiāosuānměi)
* 硫酸鎂 / 硫酸镁 (liúsuānměi)
* 碳酸鎂 / 碳酸镁 (tànsuānměi)
* 鎂光燈 / 镁光灯 (měiguāngdēng)
* 鎂粉 / 镁粉 (měifěn)

### Etymology 2

Combination of 美 (měi) + 金 (jīn) into one character.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): měijīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^5$ gam$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: měijīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: měijin
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^3$-chin$^1$
*** Yale: měi-jīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijin
*** Palladius: мэйцзинь (mɛjczinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^5$ gam$^1$
*** Yale: méih gām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^5$ gam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^5$ gem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

鎂
* (neologism, Internet slang) Alternative form of 美金 (měijīn, “US dollar”)
** 2010 October 18, 壞傢伙, “係金a大富翁遊戲組　金光閃閃價值2百萬鎂”, in 大人物‎, archived from the original on 2025-02-23:
       jīnguāng shǎnshǎn jiàzhí 2 bǎiwàn měijīn [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2011 April 24, 咕～～～～, “Re: 台湾高校在沪招生爆冷 至今仅1人报名且属无效”, in cn.bbs.soc.taiwan‎ (Usenet):
       Bùrán xiànzài GDP chāoguò liǎng wàn měijīn shì zěnme lái de? [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2016, 祁立峰, 《讀古文撞到鄉民：走跳江湖欲練神功的國學秘笈》, Taipei: 聯經出版, →ISBN, page 16:
       Xiàngjiào qítā kēxì lǐngyù yǔ chǎnyèjiè de hézuò, nà zhǒng jiāng xuéshù chéngguǒ zhuānlì tuīguǎng yǐ wéi jǐ qiānwàn měijīn, jìn ér yùnyòng yú gǎishàn rénlèi shēnghuó yǔ jiàngòu wèilái shìjiè de gémìng, wǒ juéde zìjǐ de kēxì tóngyàng kěyǐ yě yìngrán rúcǐ. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2022 October, 李耕銘, 張凱鈞, editors, 《演算法生存指南》, Taipei: 深智數位股份有限公司, →ISBN, section 3, page 15:
       Zhǐyào nǐ néng zài duōxiàngshì shíjiān nèi jiějué “Bùlín fāngchéngshì shìfǒu cúnzài jiě”, nǐ jiù néng zài duōxiàngshì shíjiān nèi jiějué suǒyǒu NP juécè wèntí, jiè cǐ zhèngmíng P = NP, 100 wàn měijīn rùdài! [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2025 January 4, juju1991007 (Monkey), “越南胡志明市_西貢SAIGON”, in 批踢踢實業坊 [PTT Bulletin Board System]‎, archived from the original on 2025-02-23:
       Wǒ háishì nǔlì ràng sījī dài wǒ xiān qù huànqián, jiéguǒ sījī dài wǒ dào yī jiā yínlóu (huòchēng jīnshì diàn), zài zhè huànqián bùyòng hùzhào, bùyòng qiānmíng, yī shǒu jiāo qián lìng yī shǒu jiāo qián, shuō shíhuà huìlǜ shì zhēnde bùcuò, érqiě wǒ kànhǎo jǐ zǔ wàiguó nánshēng dōu shì hǎo jǐ bǎi yuán měijīn zài huàn, hòulái wǒ cái zhīdào yuányīn [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2025 January, 陳沛泉 [Kennix Chan], “Message from our EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, in 勝薈‎, number 43:
       Jìnnián kējì fāzhǎn péngbó, AI, qūkuàiliàn, jiāmì huòbì yìngyùn'érshēng, qùnián bàndǎotǐ gǔpiào jiéjié xiàngshàng huòdé gāodù guānzhù, bǐtèbì tūpò shíwàn měijīn. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* “鎂”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: み (mi)
* Kan-on: び (bi)
* Kun: マグネシウム (maguneshiumu, 鎂)

## Korean
### Hanja

鎂 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鎂: Hán Nôm readings: mĩ
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