# 鋁

| 鋁 | U+92C1, &#37569; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92C1 |
| ← 鋀 [U+92C0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鋂 → [U+92C2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鋁 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金口竹口 (CRHR) or 金口口 (CRR), four-corner 8616$_0$, composition ⿰釒呂)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1306, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40434
* Dae Jaweon: page 1808, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4196, character 9
* Unihan data for U+92C1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

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

### Etymology 1

* 鋁
Borrowed from New Latin aluminium.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lǚ (lü$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nü$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leoi$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lui$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): li$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lî
    (Hailu, HRS): li$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): li$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ly$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): lṳ̌
* Eastern Min (BUC): lṳ̄
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ly$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lū / lǐr / lī / līr / lú / lír / lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): le$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$liu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lei$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: lü$^3$
*** Yale: lyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
*** Palladius: люй (ljuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ly²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nü$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ly
*** Sinological IPA : /ny⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^5$
*** Yale: léuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lui²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: li$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /li²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ly$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ly⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lṳ̌
*** Sinological IPA : /ly²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃y³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ly$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /ly⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ly$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ly³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lū
*** Tâi-lô: lū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lu
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lu³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lu²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǐr
*** Tâi-lô: lǐr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
*** Tâi-lô: lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²/
** (Hokkien: Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līr
*** Tâi-lô: līr
*** IPA (Kinmen): /lɯ²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
*** Tâi-lô: lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
*** Tâi-lô: lír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
*** Tâi-lô: lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
* lū/lǐr/lī/līr - vernacular;
* lú/lír/lí - literary.

#### Definitions

鋁
* (chemistry) aluminium; aluminum

##### Synonyms

* 礬素／矾素
* (Hokkien) 輕銀／轻银 (khin-gîn, khin-gûn)
* (Teochew) 輕鐵／轻铁 (qīngtiě)
* (Shanghainese) 鋼宗／钢宗
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鋁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鋁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鋁 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | a-lú-mih |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | a-lú-mih |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 輕銀仔, a-lú-mih |
| Southern Min | Yilan | a-lú-mih |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | a-lú-mih |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 輕銀仔, a-lú-mih |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 輕銀仔, a-lú-mih |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | a-lú-mih |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鋁 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 輕銀, a-lú-mih |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鋁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 輕飄, 鑌鐵 |

##### Descendants

* → Zhuang: lij

#### Compounds

* 氧化鋁 / 氧化铝 (yǎnghuàlǚ)
* 鋁合金 / 铝合金
* 鋁土礦 / 铝土矿 (lǚtǔkuàng)
* 鋁板 / 铝板
* 鋁熱法 / 铝热法 (lǚrèfǎ)
* 鋁窗 / 铝窗
* 鋁箔 / 铝箔 (lǚbó)
* 鋁箔包 / 铝箔包
* 鋁箔裝 / 铝箔装
* 鋁粉 / 铝粉
* 鋁罐 / 铝罐 (lǚguàn)
* 鋁融接劑 / 铝融接剂
* 鋁鍋 / 铝锅
* 鋁鎂齊 / 铝镁齐
* 鋁門窗 / 铝门窗
* 鋁青銅 / 铝青铜
* 鋁鹽 / 铝盐

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鋁 – see 鑢 (“file, rasp; to file; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鑢).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* aluminum

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろ (ro)
* Kan-on: りょ (ryo)
* Kun: やすり (yasuri, 鋁)、アルミニウム (aruminiumu)

## Korean
### Hanja

鋁 • (ryeo) (hangeul 려, revised ryeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ, Yale lye)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鋁: Hán Nôm readings: lã, lữ
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