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.

• 销xiāo🔊

  to melt (metal)

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 锃zèng🔊

  polished

  12 strokes

• 锄chú🔊

  a hoe

  12 strokes

• 锆gào🔊

  zirconium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 锇é🔊

  osmium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 锉cuò🔊

  (literary) to fracture (a bone)

  12 strokes

• 锊lüè🔊

  (ancient unit of weight)

  12 strokes

• 锌xīn🔊

  zinc (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 锎kāi🔊

  californium (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 锏jiǎn🔊

  ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon

  12 strokes

• 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

• 锯jù🔊

  a saw (CL:把[ba3])

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 锣luó🔊

  gong

  13 strokes

• 锡xī🔊

  tin (chemistry)

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 锚máo🔊

  anchor

  13 strokes

• 锤chuí🔊

  hammer

  13 strokes

• 锭dìng🔊

  (weaving) spindle

  13 strokes

• 鉄tiě🔊

  old variant of 鐵|铁[tie3]

  13 strokes

• 鉆zhēn🔊

  treasure

  13 strokes

• 鉳běi🔊

  berkelium (chemistry) (Tw)

  13 strokes

• 鉴jiàn🔊

  old variant of 鑒|鉴[jian4]

  13 strokes

• 锖qiāng🔊

  the color of a mineral

  13 strokes

• 锗zhě🔊

  germanium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 锘nuò🔊

  nobelium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 锛bēn🔊

  adz

  13 strokes

• 锜qí🔊

  three legged cauldron (old)

  13 strokes

• 锝dé🔊

  technetium (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 锞kè🔊

  grease-pot for cart

  13 strokes

• 锟kūn🔊

  steel sword

  13 strokes

• 锠chāng🔊

  metal utensil

  13 strokes

• 锢gù🔊

  obstinate disease

  13 strokes

• 锥zhuī🔊

  cone

  13 strokes

• 锦jǐn🔊

  brocade

  13 strokes

• 锧zhì🔊

  (executioner's) block

  13 strokes

• 锨xiān🔊

  shovel

  13 strokes

• 锩juàn🔊

  to bend iron

  13 strokes