metal

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph representing a storehouse or repository of precious metals, depicted as coins or ingots sheltered under a roof. In oracle-bone and seal script, it symbolizes valued metal objects kept safe or stored.

Mnemonic: Three horizontal strokes in a box recall three precious metal coins sheltered and protected under a roof.

• 锐ruì🔊

  acute

  12 strokes

• 锑tī🔊

  antimony (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 锒láng🔊

  chain

  12 strokes

• 锓qín🔊

  to carve

  12 strokes

• 锔jū🔊

  to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together

  12 strokes

• 锕ā🔊

  actinium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 鿏mài🔊

  meitnerium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 𨱇qiú🔊

  single-headed pick

  12 strokes

• 𫟼dá🔊

  darmstadtium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 𬭊dù🔊

  dubnium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 𬭎hóng🔊

  utensil

  12 strokes

• 错cuò🔊

  mistake

  HSK 1

  13 strokes

• 键jiàn🔊

  key (on a piano or computer keyboard)

  HSK 5

  13 strokes

• 铃líng🔊

  (small) bell

  HSK 5

  13 strokes

• 锯jù🔊

  a saw (CL:把[ba3])

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 铅qiān🔊

  old variant of 鉛|铅[qian1]

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 锣luó🔊

  gong

  13 strokes

• 锡xī🔊

  tin (chemistry)

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 铀yóu🔊

  uranium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 锚máo🔊

  anchor

  13 strokes

• 钵bō🔊

  small earthenware plate or basin

  13 strokes

• 锤chuí🔊

  hammer

  13 strokes

• 钳qián🔊

  pincers

  13 strokes

• 锭dìng🔊

  (weaving) spindle

  13 strokes

• 钾jiǎ🔊

  potassium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 铌ní🔊

  niobium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 铈shì🔊

  cerium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 钶kē🔊

  columbium

  13 strokes

• 钴gǔ🔊

  (chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. [gu1])

  13 strokes

• 钹bó🔊

  cymbals

  13 strokes

• 铍pí🔊

  beryllium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 钰yù🔊

  treasure

  13 strokes

• 钸bū🔊

  metal plate

  13 strokes

• 钿diàn🔊

  to inlay with gold, silver etc

  13 strokes

• 鉄tiě🔊

  old variant of 鐵|铁[tie3]

  13 strokes

• 鉆zhēn🔊

  treasure

  13 strokes

• 铊tā🔊

  thallium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 铉xuàn🔊

  stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron

  13 strokes

• 𬬿zhāo🔊

  sickle

  13 strokes

• 铇bào🔊

  variant of 刨[bao4]

  13 strokes

• 铋bì🔊

  bismuth (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 铂bó🔊

  platinum (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 钷pǒ🔊

  promethium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 铆mǎo🔊

  to fasten with a rivet; to rivet

  13 strokes

• 𫟷lì🔊

  livermorium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 钺yuè🔊

  battle-ax

  13 strokes

• 𬬸shù🔊

  acmite

  13 strokes

• 钲zhēng🔊

  gong used to halt troops

  13 strokes