铜

tóng

copper (chemistry)

see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2]; CL:塊|块[kuai4]

metal (钅) + sound tóng (同) = copper

钅 is the metal radical, anchoring the meaning firmly in metallurgy. 同 contributes the sound tóng and does not carry a separate meaning here.

钅+同→铜
同SamePhonetic
钅Metal (variant of 金)Semantic

这枚硬币是用铜做的。

zhè méi yìng bì shì yòng tóng zuò de。

This coin is made of copper.

铜的导电性很强,常用于电线。

tóng de dǎo diàn xìng hěn qiáng,cháng yòng yú diàn xiàn。

Copper has very strong electrical conductivity and is often used in wires.

Words with 铜

青铜

qīng tóng

bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1])

铜矿

tóng kuàng

copper mine

铜陵

tóng líng

see 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 Shi4]

铜钱

tóng qián

copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)

铜绿

tóng lǜ

verdigris

金银铜铁锡

jīn yín tóng tiě xī

the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin

金铜合铸

jīn tóng hé zhù

copper gold alloy

铜绿层

tóng lǜ céng

patina

铜仁

tóng rén

see 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4]

铜仁市

tóng rén shì

Tongren, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]

铜像

tóng xiàng

bronze statue

铜匠

tóng jiang

coppersmith

More characters with 钅

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