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.

• 铒ěr🔊

  erbium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 铓máng🔊

  sharp point

  11 strokes

• 铔yà🔊

  ammonium (old)

  11 strokes

• 铕yǒu🔊

  europium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 铖chéng🔊

  (used in people's names)

  11 strokes

• 铗jiá🔊

  pincers for use at a fire

  11 strokes

• 铘yé🔊

  used in 鏌鋣|镆铘[Mo4 ye2]

  11 strokes

• 铙náo🔊

  big cymbals

  11 strokes

• 铚zhì🔊

  sickle

  11 strokes

• 铛dāng🔊

  clank

  11 strokes

• 铞diào🔊

  see 釕銱兒|钌铞儿[liao4 diao4 r5]

  11 strokes

• 铟yīn🔊

  indium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 铠kǎi🔊

  armor

  11 strokes

• 铡zhá🔊

  lever-style guillotine

  11 strokes

• 铢zhū🔊

  twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

  11 strokes

• 铣xǐ🔊

  to mill (machining)

  11 strokes

• 铤tǐng🔊

  big arrow

  11 strokes

• 铥diū🔊

  thulium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 铦xiān🔊

  fish-spear

  11 strokes

• 铧huá🔊

  plowshare

  11 strokes

• 铨quán🔊

  to estimate

  11 strokes

• 铩shā🔊

  (old) spear; lance

  11 strokes

• 铪hā🔊

  hafnium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 铫diào🔊

  pan with a long handle

  11 strokes

• 铭míng🔊

  to engrave

  11 strokes

• 铮zhēng🔊

  clang of metals

  11 strokes

• 铯sè🔊

  cesium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 铰jiǎo🔊

  scissors

  11 strokes

• 铱yī🔊

  iridium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 铳chòng🔊

  ancient firearm

  11 strokes

• 铵ǎn🔊

  ammonium

  11 strokes

• 铷rú🔊

  rubidium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 𫓴móu🔊

  (archaic) battle helmet (variant of 鍪[mou2])

  11 strokes

• 锁suǒ🔊

  old variant of 鎖|锁[suo3]

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 铺pù🔊

  variant of 鋪|铺[pu4]

  HSK 6

  12 strokes

• 锅guō🔊

  pot; pan; wok; cauldron

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 链liàn🔊

  chain

  12 strokes

• 锈xiù🔊

  variant of 鏽|锈[xiu4]

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 锋fēng🔊

  point of a spear

  12 strokes

• 锂lǐ🔊

  lithium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 鈌jué🔊

  to pierce, to stab

  12 strokes

• 鈬Duó🔊

  surname Duo

  12 strokes

• 铸zhù🔊

  to cast or found metals

  12 strokes

• 铹láo🔊

  lawrencium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 铻wú🔊

  hoe

  12 strokes

• 铼lái🔊

  rhenium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 铽tè🔊

  terbium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 铿kēng🔊

  (onom.) clang

  12 strokes