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.

• 钆gá🔊

  gadolinium (chemistry)

  6 strokes

• 钇yǐ🔊

  yttrium (chemistry)

  6 strokes

• 钉dīng🔊

  nail

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 针zhēn🔊

  variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 钊zhāo🔊

  to encourage

  7 strokes

• 钋pō🔊

  polonium (chemistry)

  7 strokes

• 钌liǎo🔊

  ruthenium (chemistry)

  7 strokes

• 金jīn🔊

  gold

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 钓diào🔊

  to fish with a hook and line; to angle

  8 strokes

• 钍tǔ🔊

  thorium (chemistry)

  8 strokes

• 钎qiān🔊

  a drill (for boring through rock)

  8 strokes

• 钏chuàn🔊

  armlet

  8 strokes

• 钐shān🔊

  samarium (chemistry)

  8 strokes

• 钑sà🔊

  (literary) small halberd with an iron handle, used as a weapon or agricultural tool

  8 strokes

• 钒fán🔊

  vanadium (chemistry)

  8 strokes

• 钔mén🔊

  mendelevium (chemistry)

  8 strokes

• 钕nǚ🔊

  neodymium (chemistry)

  8 strokes

• 钖yáng🔊

  ornaments on headstall of horse

  8 strokes

• 钗chāi🔊

  hairpin

  8 strokes

• 𨰿xì🔊

  (arch.) metal horn attached as shield to horse or to the axle of a chariot

  8 strokes

• 钩gōu🔊

  to hook

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 钟zhōng🔊

  a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 钮niǔ🔊

  button

  9 strokes

• 钡bèi🔊

  barium (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 钢gāng🔊

  steel

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 钚bù🔊

  plutonium (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 钠nà🔊

  sodium (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 钝dùn🔊

  blunt

  9 strokes

• 钛tài🔊

  titanium (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 钞chāo🔊

  money

  9 strokes

• 钦qīn🔊

  to respect

  9 strokes

• 钘xíng🔊

  long-necked wine flask

  9 strokes

• 钙gài🔊

  calcium (chemistry)

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 钜jù🔊

  (literary) hard iron

  9 strokes

• 钣bǎn🔊

  metal plate

  9 strokes

• 钤qián🔊

  latch of door

  9 strokes

• 钥yuè🔊

  key

  9 strokes

• 钧jūn🔊

  30 catties

  9 strokes

• 钨wū🔊

  tungsten (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 钪kàng🔊

  scandium (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 钫fāng🔊

  francium (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 钬huǒ🔊

  holmium (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 钭tǒu🔊

  a wine flagon

  9 strokes

• 钯bǎ🔊

  palladium (chemistry)

  9 strokes

• 𫓧fū🔊

  (literary) fodder chopper

  9 strokes

• 𬬭lún🔊

  (metal)

  9 strokes

• 𬬮chǎng🔊

  sharp

  9 strokes

• 钱qián🔊

  HSK 1

  10 strokes