砿

See also: 礦, 矿, 鑛, and 鉱

砿 U+783F, 砿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-783F ← 砾 [U+783E] CJK Unified Ideographs 础 → [U+7840]

Translingual

Traditional	礦
Shinjitai (extended)	砿
Simplified	矿

Traditional	礦
Simplified	矿
Japanese	鉱
Korean	鑛

Glyph origin

Simplified from 礦 (廣 → 広) in Japanese shinjitai.

In current form, 石 (“stone”) + 広.

Han character

砿 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口戈戈 (MRII) or 難一口戈戈 (XMRII), composition ⿰石広)

1. mine
2. mineral, ore

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 829, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2425, character 4
• Unihan data for U+783F

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	砿
Kyūjitai	礦

Kanji

砿

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 礦)

1. Alternative form of 鉱 (“mineral, ore”)
2. Extended shinjitai form of 礦: mineral

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)←くゐやう (kwiyau, ancient)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: あらがね (aragane, 砿)