Chinese Character 铜 Meanings and components.

Form

铜

Meaning

铜 meaning[3] in English

Copper (Chemistry).

See Also 紅銅|红铜[Hong2 Tong2].

Cl:塊|块[Kuai4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 铜 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , and (used in given … (同)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with OPBMR

How to write 铜

To write铜tong2copper (chemistry) you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 同tong2(used in … arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 同 = 铜

铜 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 铜 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 铜, looks as follow:

铜
Pinyin:tong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Copper (Chemistry) . See Also 紅銅|红铜[Hong2 Tong2] . Cl:塊|块[Kuai4]
钅
Pinyin:jin1
同
Pinyin:tong2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: (Used In Given Names) . Variant Of 同[Tong2]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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