鉀

See also: 钾

鉀	U+9240, 鉀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9240

← 鈿
[U+923F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鉁 →
[U+9241]

Translingual

Han character

鉀 (radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金田中 (CWL), four-corner 8615₀, composition ⿰金甲)

References

KangXi: page 1300, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40280

Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 21

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4185, character 9

Unihan data for U+9240

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
笚	ʔl'aːb, ɡraːb
閘	klaːb, sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	klaːb, kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	kraːb, qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːb, *kraːb) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb, “armour”)

Etymology 1

trad.		鉀
simp.		钾

Borrowed from New Latin kalium.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎ (jia³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³
Min Nan (POJ): kah / kap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
  - Wade–Giles: chia³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jea
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaap³
  - Yale: gaap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gab³
  - IPA ^(key): /käːp̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah
  - Tâi-lô: kah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap
  - Tâi-lô: kap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kab
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kap̚³²/

Note:

kah - vernacular;
kap - literary.

Definitions

鉀

(chemistry) potassium

Compounds

亞硝酸鉀／亚硝酸钾
亞硫酸鉀／亚硫酸钾
低血鉀／低血钾
氟化鉀／氟化钾
氧化鉀／氧化钾 (yǎnghuàjiǎ)
氫化鉀／氢化钾
氫氧化鉀／氢氧化钾 (qīngyǎnghuàjiǎ)
氮磷鉀／氮磷钾

氯化鉀／氯化钾 (lǜhuàjiǎ)
氯酸鉀／氯酸钾
氰化鉀／氰化钾 (qínghuàjiǎ)
硝酸鉀／硝酸钾
硫化鉀／硫化钾
硫酸鉀／硫酸钾
碘酸鉀／碘酸钾
碳酸鉀／碳酸钾 (tànsuānjiǎ)

磷酸鉀／磷酸钾
過錳酸鉀／过锰酸钾
金氰化鉀／金氰化钾
鉀皂／钾皂
鉀肥／钾肥
鉻酸鉀／铬酸钾
高血鉀／高血钾
高錳酸鉀／高锰酸钾 (gāoměngsuānjiǎ)

Etymology 2

trad.		鉀
simp.		钾
variant forms		鑉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gé, hé (ge², he²)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ, ㄏㄜˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gé
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ko²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ho²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kɑp̚/▼

Rime
Character	鉀
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	盍 (144)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古盍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kap̚/
Li Rong	/kɑp̚/
Wang Li	/kɑp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*klaːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉀
Reading #	1/2
No.	5929
Phonetic component	甲
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䫦
Old Chinese	/*klaːb/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

鉀

Only used in 鉀鑪／钾鑪.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉀 – see 甲 (“armour”). (This character, 鉀, is an ancient form of 甲.)

Japanese

Kanji

鉀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
Kun: よろい (yoroi, 鉀)^{←よろひ (yorofi, historical)}; カリュウム (karyūmu, 鉀)

Korean

Hanja

鉀 • (gap) (hangeul 갑, revised gap, McCune–Reischauer kap, Yale kap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鉀 (giáp)

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