钱 |
coin, money, unit of weight (approx. 5 gram)
Left: metal/gold 钅(=金 = Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: 2 halberds 戈 The metal of two halberds is enough for a coin of the weight 1 qián = 5g |
钟 |
bell, clock, time at clock, handleless cup
Left: metal 钅(=金 Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: center/middle 中 (here: Top view of a bell 口 mounted on an axle丨) Made of metal and mounted on an axle is: the bell. |
错 |
flawed, mistake, wrong, interlocking, to polish
Left: metal/gold 钅(=金 Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of old times.) (Today's steel is better) The metal of former times was flawed. |
铅 |
lead (chemical element)
Left: metal 钅/金 (=金 Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: variation of valley 谷 (Found in lower places because of its weight.) The metal in the valley is: lead. |
银 |
silver, silver-colored
Left: metal/gold 钅(=金 Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: "not good" 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') (Gold would be better!) This metal is not good: It is only silver! |
铁 |
iron (metal)
Left: metal 钅(=金 Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.) The metal, you can lose (due to its little value) is iron. |
锻 |
forge, to discipline
Left: metal 钅/金, right: section/segment 段 (The staircase 三 in the cliff 厂 were cut in sections with a battle axe  in a hand 又) Use iron to make a ladder or a battle axe for your hand, by: forgeing. |
针 |
needle, pin, injection
Left: metal 钅(=金 Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: ten 十 (here: needle 丨 with a thread 一) Made of metal is this needle. |
镜 |
mirror, lens
Left: metal 钅/金, right: actually 竟 (to stand 立 and a variation of seeing: 見, therefore: "almost seeing") ['to see' 見 is typically simplified to 见] It is made of metal and when standing in front, you can practically see yourself: It is a mirror. |
键 |
bond (chemistry), (door lock) key, key(keyboard)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: build/erect 建 (You have a brush 聿 in your hand and need to move 廴 for building.) The 'metal' in building can be a bond or key. |
钢 |
steel
Left: metal 钅/金, right: hill 冈 (=岡 Here as a bloomery hearth for steel smelting, in which iron ore and charcoal were stacked alternately as a hill). The metal from this hill (= oven) is steel. |
钥 |
key
Left: metal 钅(=金), right: moon 月 (here: image of a key, where the 3 horizontal lines are coding bits) He is made of metal and has a coding: the key. |
金 |
gold, money, metal
At top cover  , below earth 土 and two gold nuggets 丷 Covered by earth: two gold nuggets. |
销 |
to melt (metal), to cancel, to sell, to spent, bolt
Left: metal 钅(=金 covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.) Metal and alikes can be melted, sold or used as a bolt. |
锁 |
to lock up, to lock
Left: metal 钅/金, right: small 小, money 贝 It's made of metal and you can lock-in your small change with it: The lock. |
铃 |
(small) bell
Left: metal 钅/金, right: order/command 令 (bell's body  , bell's bolt マ) Metal chiming on command is a bell. |
锅 |
pot, pan, boiler
Left: metal 钅/金, right: chat, gossip 呙 (Here: a pot 口 on a rack 内) Made of metal and put on a rack: the pot or pan. |
链 |
chain
Left: metal 钅/金, right: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked) These [parts of] metal are linked as a chain. |
钓 |
to fish with a hook and bait
Left: metal 钅/金; right: ladle 勺 (here: hook 勹 with bait 丶) Made of metal is the hook: for fishing. |
铜 |
copper (chemistry)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same) (Metals differ, but no other is red.) The [red] metal that is always the same is: copper. |
锐 |
acute, intense, sharp, penetrating, pointed
Left: metal 钅(=金 covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 money transfer takes place) [兄 = big mouth 口 on legs 儿] The money is transfered by my elder brother acutely and intense. |
镇 |
to press down, to suppress, garrison, small town
Left metal 钅/金, right: really, truly 真 (The ten 十 eyes 目 see that the table  is truely real.) (Because of the weight) If the metal is really true, it presses down. (like a garrison) |
锦 |
brocade, embroidered work, bright
Left: metal 钅, right: silk 帛 (= white 白 cloth 巾) With gold stitched/embroided silk is brocade. |
铭 |
to engrave, inscribed motto
Left: metal 钅/金, right: name, reputation 名 (In the evening 夕 they talk 口 about people's reputation.) In metal the name is written by: engraving. |
钦 |
royal, imperial, to respect, to admire
Left: gold, metal 钅/金, right: lack 欠 (A yawning  person 人 is lacking sth.) Gold is lacking [in the sense of: "He takes our money"], but we respect the emperor. |
钩 |
to hook, to sew, to crochet
Left: 钅/金, right: hook, sketch 勾 (= two hooks 勹, 厶 in engagement) Made of metal and for hooking: The hook. |
钉 |
nail, to pin up, sew on
Left: metal 钅/金, right: nail 丁 A metal nail. |
铺 |
to spread, lay out, cover, place to sleep
Left: metal 钅/金, right: just now 甫 (A hand  for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now) (think of a metal rake) Using metal you can just now spread or lay out things. |
衔 |
hold in the mouth, harbor (feelings), title
Outside: to go 行, inside: metal 钅/金 (developed from a snaffle and bridle) When [the horse] is going, it holds this metal in the mouth. |
鉴 |
mirror, reflection, to inspect, to review
Top: knife/to cut刂, half bamboo 竹 (Here: reflection), bottom: metal 金 (covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷) The knife appears like a half bamboo in the metal that reflects as a mirror. |
锋 |
point of a spear, edge of a tool, vanguard
Left: metal 钅/金 (covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: sharp 夆 (sitting cross-legged 夂 on the top of growing plant 丰, like 'bee' 蜂) This metal is sharp on the top: The point/edge or vanguard. |
铸 |
to cast or found metals
Left: metal 钅/金, right: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.) It is metal and has a long life: casted metal. |
钞 |
paper money, banknote, dollar bill, to copy
Left: metal, gold, money 钅/金, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few) (In terms of weight) The money becomes less: as paper money. |
钻 |
to drill, bore, auger, dig into (studies), diamond
Left: metal 钅(=金 covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: fortune telling 占 (here: drill | with handle - over a stone 口) Made of metal is the drill over the stone: and drills. |
锤 |
hammer, to hammer into shape, weight
Left: metal 钅, right: suspend, hang down 垂 (A vehicle 車 with a loose tire that almost drops off) Made of metal and hanging (i.e. in a bell) is its clapper or: a hammer. |
钙 |
calcium (chemistry, Ca)
Left: metal 钅, right: beggar, alms 丐 (His actions are correct 正, but like with a hook 亅 he gets people's money: The beggar.) (An alkaline earth metal, but not silvery). The metal for poor persons/beggars, is the calcium. |
镶 |
to inlay, to embed, ridge, border
Left: metal 钅/金, right: to help, assist 襄 (For covering 亠 both (two pieces 口) wells 井 with cloth 衣, I need help!) (related to the stability) Metal can be an assistance, if it is embedded as an inlay. |
钝 |
blunt (i.e. knife), stupid
Left: metal 钅/金, right: barracks 屯 (Where previously plants 艹 and sprouts 乚 were, they build barracks 一) (Due to the constant use) The metal in the barracks becomes blunt. |
锈 |
to corrode, to rust
Left: metal 钅/金, right: outstanding 秀 (Rice plants 禾 as big as a pregnancy belly 乃 are: outstanding!) Metal is outstanding, but it corrodes. |
锲 |
to engrave, carve, to chisel away at
Left: metal 钅/金, right: contract 契 (marked sticks  were in parts carved with a sword 刀 in big 大 signs and rejoined, at fulfillment of: the contract.) Into the metal the contract is engraved. |
啬 |
stingy
Top: simplification of gold 金 or squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons (= 人) is squeezed.), bottom: return, revolve 回 When the 'gold/money' 金 is (steadily) revolved, this guy is stingy. |
钮 |
button, knob
Left: metal 钅/金, right: ugly 丑 (simplified from "alcoholic devil" 醜 here: button + in button hole ユ) The metallic button in a buttonhole ユ. |
镖 |
armed escort, throwing weapon, dart
Left: metal 钅/金, right: ticket, bank note 票 (In the west 覀/西 you show 示 your ticket) [West: 西 = Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west] He is (armed with) metal and until sunset 西 he shows 示 himself: the bodyguard. |
锡 |
tin (chemistry), to bestow, confer, grant
Left: metal 钅/金, right: warming sun 易 This metal has such a low melting point (231°C), that almost the warming sun can melt it: tin. |
钧 |
your (honorific), [historic weight 30 catties], great
Left: gold, metal 钅/金, right: well-distributed 匀 (a ladle 勹 with sth. in 冫 for both 冫) Like gold, such well-balanced are: "your honor". |
镑 |
pound (sterling)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.) The metal at my side (for weighing) is the pound (sterling) |
铲 |
to shovel, to remove, spade, to root up
Left: metal, gold 钅/金, right: to give birth, produce 产 (At gold mining:) To make the metal be 'born', you need a shovel. |
锥 |
cone, awl, to bore
Left: metal 钅/金, right: bird 隹 Use metal to make a hole like a bird (= the woodpecker) that is: a drilled cone bore. |
锯 |
a saw, stapling or cramping broken pieces together
Left: metal 钅/金, right: reside, live 居 (Where the buttock 尸 [side view] becomes old 古, he has his residence.) It's made of metal and you use it where you reside: a saw. |
铀 |
uranium (chemistry, U)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: cause, reason 由 (The seedling/sprout 丨 on the field 田 has its reason) The metal that breaks like a sprout 丨 its husk 田 is: uranium. |
铮 |
clang of metals, clash, small gong
Left: metal 钅/金, right: dispute/fight 争 (bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in hand  looking for dispute) The metal cause in a dispute a clang of metals. |
锣 |
gong
Left: metal 金, right: to sift 罗 (with the net 罒 to sift until evening 夕, here: bell's body 罒 and bell's bolt 夕) Made of metal and with a bell's body and bolt: A gong. |
铝 |
aluminum (chemistry: Al)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: pitch-pipe 吕 (Here: cross-section of two aluminum profiles) The metal for aluminum profiles is: Aluminum. |
钊 |
encourage, endeavor, to cut, to strive
Left: metal 钅/金, right: knife, to cut刂 The metal became a knife to cut. Therefore it was: "encouraged". |
钳 |
pincers, pliers, tongs, claw (of animal), to clamp
Left: metal 钅/金, right: sweet 甘 (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet 一 between teeth) Made of metal and it can hold sth. 一 like with teeths 廿, the: pinchers. |
钠 |
sodium (chemistry)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: inside 内 (The included 冂 person 人 is inside.) (The pure sodium oxidizes very quickly and must constantly be stored in e.g. oil) The metal that is (always) 'inside' is: sodium. |
锚 |
anchor
Left: metal 钅/金, right: sprout, seedling 苗 (The 'grass' 艹 on the field 田 are actually the seedlings.) The metal seedling is the: anchor. |
锌 |
zinc (chemistry)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: bitter, (of taste) hot 辛 The metal with the pronounciation 'xīn' like at 'bitter' is: zinc. |
锄 |
a hoe, to hoe or dig, to weed, get rid of
Left: metal 钅/金, right: help, support, help 助 (Further 且 power 力 helps.) Metal, that helps, is the: hoe. |
钵 |
small earthenware plate or basin, a monk's alms bowl
Left: metal 钅/金, right: root, origin 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book) Metal can originally be used for: (alm) bowls. |
铢 |
weight unit =1/24 Liang = 2 or 3 grams
Left: metal 钅, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) (for not getting lost due to the small size) This metal weight is vermilion: a zhū. |
钗 |
hairpin
Left: metal 钅/金, right: fork 叉 [hand 又 with fork 丶] The metal fork serves as: a hairpin. |
铎 |
large ancient bell
Left: metal 钅/金, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically over earth 土) It is made of metal and rises vertically: the large ancient bell. |
铐 |
manacle, shackles, fetters
Left: metal 钅, right: to check, verify 考 (From the ground 土 with a stick ノ the seeweed 丂 is checked.) (The user wants to escape) This metal will be tested: the manacle (handcuff). |
釜 |
kettle, cauldron
Top: father 父 (.. has a stick ノ in his hand  ), bottom: gold, metal 金 Daddy uses metal to make a kettle. |
钾 |
potassium
Left: metal 钅/金, right: armor, shell 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shell/husk 田) (Use as fertilizer) The metal that cracks the shell of the seedling: is potassium. |
镰 |
sickle, scythe
Left: metal 钅/金, right: cheaply-priced 廉 (here: image of a sickle 广, combine 兼 [A hand  holding two rice plants 禾]) Made of metal is the sickle 广, which cuts combined (plant's bundles): The sickle. |
鑫 |
(symbol of prosperity & wealth)
Tree times metal, gold 金 3x gold for prosperity |
镯 |
bracelet, armband
Left: metal 钅/金, right: larva, caterpillar 蜀 (It has a 'net' 罒 for enwrapping 勹. This insect 虫 is: the larva) This metal is bent like a caterpillar: the bracelet. |
钡 |
barium (chemistry)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: money 贝/貝 Metal with the pronounciation 'bèi' as used at 'money' is: barium. |
镀 |
-plated, to plate, galvanize, coating
Left: metal 钅/金, right: degree, measure 度 (In the house 广 is an object 廿 with which the hand 又 measures x-times the degrees.) (For coating, you need to dip several times) Into the metal up to a certain degree, for: plating. |
锢 |
restrain, to stop, obstinate disease
Left: metal 钅, right: hard, solid 固 (Many things 囗 [i.e. vegetable, roots] with age 古 get hard.) As metal is hard, it can restrain. |
锵 |
tinkling of small bells
Left: metal 钅/金, right: commander-in-chief 将 (A simple bed 丬, a hand reaching down 爫 and a skillful hand 寸: This makes a commander) The metal is a 'commander', if it is: a bell. |