What 釓 means
Today it names gadolinium; older dictionaries link it to a crossbow trigger.
A Ming-era Chinese dictionary called 篇海類編 records 釓 as an alternate writing of 釚, an older term for a crossbow trigger or latch. A 1945 revision of Chinese chemical names adopted 釓 for gadolinium. The metal component 金 on its left marks it as a metal name in Chinese chemical terminology.
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Who writes 釓
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1Why does 釓 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 釓
- Also called
- gadolinium · 钆 · gá
- Search it as
- Gd · 釚 · crossbow trigger · Chinese character for gadolinium · ga
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
釓\91D3ga and select 釓 from the candidates. Mandarin Pinyin writes its pronunciation gá; the initial sound is a k without a strong puff of air, and the second tone rises.Codes and encoding1 code points
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