硼

硼 U+787C, 硼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-787C
← 硻
[U+787B]
CJK Unified Ideographs 硽 →
[U+787D]

Translingual

Han character

硼 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口月月 (MRBB), four-corner 17620, composition ⿰石朋)

References

  • KangXi: page 831, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24254
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2439, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+787C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
硼

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 朋.

Etymology 1

Chemical element
B
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Originally only used in 硼砂 (“borax”): first attested in 《丹方鑑源》 (Tang dynasty), as 大朋砂. The 硼 here is a loanword; compare Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).

The “boron” sense of 硼 is a clipping or back-formation.

Pronunciation


Definitions

硼

  1. (chemistry) boron
Synonyms
  • (obsolete) 𥑢 (bù)

Compounds

  • 硼烷 (péngwán)
  • 硼玻璃
  • 硼砂 (péngshā)
  • 硼砂玻璃
  • 硼肥

Pronunciation


Definitions

硼

  1. (onomatopoeia) a loud sound
  2. Alternative form of 蹦 (bèng, “to jump”).
  3. Alternative form of 碰 (pèng, “to bump; to touch”).

Compounds

  • 硼砰

Japanese

Kanji

硼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. boron

Readings

  • Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
  • Kan-on: ほう (hō)

Korean

Hanja

硼 • (bung, pyeong) (hangeul 붕, 평)

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