Memory phrase for the character: 钙


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Meaning calcium (chemistry, Ca)

Pronunciation

gài

Explanation

Left: metal 钅, right: beggar, alms (His actions are correct , but like with a hook he gets people's money: The beggar.)

Mnemonic


 
(An alkaline earth metal, but not silvery). The metal for poor persons/beggars, is the calcium.

Radicals

gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
correctRadical 103 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct , because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.
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 Vocabulary

碳酸钙 tàn suān gài  calcium carbonate
氧化钙 yǎng huà gài  calcium oxide
氢氧化钙 qīng yǎng huà gài  calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2; slaked lime
氢氧化钙 qīng yǎng huà gài  


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