Memory phrase for the character: 铜


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Meaning

copper (chemistry)

Pronunciation

tóng

Explanation

Left: metal 钅/金, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same)

Mnemonic


 
(Metals differ, but no other is red.) The [red] metal that is always the same is: copper.

Radicals

gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
same, like




 Vocabulary

硫酸铜 liú suān tóng  copper sulfate CuSO4
紫铜 zǐ tóng  copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
紫铜 zǐ tóng  


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