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鈮: niobium (chemistry)

By February 24, 2014January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

鈮 [铌] ní


: niobium (chemistry)

Kun Reading
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On Reading
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 Usage:

鈮鎂礦[铌镁矿] ni2mei3kuang4: magnonibite
鈮釔礦[铌钇矿] ni2yi3kuang4: samarskite
鈮鐵礦[铌铁矿] ni2tie3kuang4: columbite
[コロンバイト korombaito]



Japanese word
ニオビウム niobiumu OR ニオブ niobu
: : niobium (Nb) (ger: Niob)

 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
(jin1: gold; metal) suggests the meaning while
(ni2: nun) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
铌. Derived from generic radical simplification #9 (釒金 » 钅).



 Examples:
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Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary