U+7845, 硅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7845

[U+7844]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7846]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 112, +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口土土 (MRGG), four-corner 14614, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 829, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24151
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1245, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2427, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7845

Chinese

simp. and trad.
Chemical element
Si Previous: (Al)
Next: (P)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kreː, *kreː
*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
*kreː
*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
*ŋreː, *ŋre
*ŋreː, *ŋre
*ŋreː
*ŋreː
*ŋreː
*ŋreːs
*qreː
*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
*qreː, *qʷraː
*ɡeː, *kʷeː
*qeːns
*ɡʷraːʔ
*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
*qʷraː, *qʷreː
*qʷraː
*kʷreːs
*kʷreːs
*kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
*kʷeːs
*kʷeːs
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*qʰʷeː
*ɡʷeː
*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
*kʰʷeʔ
*qʷes
*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰʷreɡ) : semantic  (stone) + phonetic  (OC *kʷeː).

Etymology 1

Probably a orthographic borrowing from Japanese 硅素 (keiso); pronunciation from its phonetic part (guī). The usage of () is dated in Mainland China as it is homophonous to () and ().

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Mainland China, chemistry) silicon
Synonyms
  • (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) ()

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“noise of separation of skin from bone”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

  • Kan’yō-on: けい (kei)

As variant kanji of : (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(eum (gyu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: khuê

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References

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