铜 tóng

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

銅 tóng

Contains the radical

钅 jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰钅同

Semantic compound

钅 jīn

Phonetic compound

同 tóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 jīn represents the meaning and 同 tóng represents the sound. Simplified form of 銅 tóng .

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30号 háo 有 yǒu 一 yī 扇 shān 红 Hóng 门 Mén 和 hé 一幅铜 tóng 门 Mén 环 Huán .

Number 30 has a red door and a brass knocker.

我 wǒ 数 shǔ 了 le 数我的 de 钱 Qián , 一共 yīgòng 是 shì 两 liǎng 块 kuài 七 qī 毛 Máo 零 líng 几 jī 个 gè 铜子.

I counted my money. Altogether I had two dollars and seventy some odd cents.

背心 bèi xīn 上 shǎng 的 de 方格子不过 bùguò 是 shì 笼子 lóng zi 上的铜丝 tóng sī 而已 éryǐ .

The checks in the waistcoat are but the wires of the cage.

铜 tóng 和 hé 银 yín 都 dōu 是 shì 金属 jīnshǔ .

Copper and silver are both metals.

说 shuì 起来 qǐlai 很 hěn 奇怪 qíguài , 最 zuì 好 hǎo 的 de 导电 dǎo diàn 体 tǐ 像 xiàng 铜 tóng 和 hé 银 yín 都 dōu 不 bù 能 Néng 成为 chéngwéi 接近 jiējìn 绝对零度 jué duì líng dù 仍能导电的超 chāo 导电体.

Strangely, the best electrical conductors, copper and silver, do not become superconductive.

Explore 18 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 铜 tóng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
铜 tóng	copper (chemistry)	銅 tóng
青铜 qīng tóng	bronze (alloy of copper 銅 tóng \|铜 tóng and tin 錫 xī \|锡 xī [xī])	青銅
铜板 tóng bǎn	copper coin	銅板
铜牌 tóng pái	bronze medal	銅牌
黄铜 huáng tóng	brass (alloy of copper 銅 tóng \|铜 tóng [tóng] and zinc 鋅 xīn \|锌 xīn [xīn])	黃銅
古铜色 gǔ tóng sè	bronze color	古銅色
铜矿 tóng kuàng	copper mine	銅礦
铜像 tóng xiàng	bronze statue	銅像
青铜器 qīng tóng qì	bronze implement	青銅器
铜管 tóng guǎn	brass instrument (music)	銅管
铜器 tóng qì	copper ware	銅器
铜墙铁壁 tóng qiáng tiě bì	copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense	銅牆鐵壁
铜锣 Tóng luó	Tongluo or Tunglo township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣\|苗栗县 Miáo lì xiàn [Miáolìxiàn], northwest Taiwan	銅鑼
铜仁 Tóng rén	Tongren city and prefecture in Guizhou	銅仁
铜陵 Tóng líng	Tongling prefecture level city and county in Anhui	銅陵
铜鼓 Tóng gǔ	bronze drum	銅鼓
铜仁地区 Tóng rén dì qū	Tongren prefecture in Guizhou	銅仁地區
铜川 Tóng chuān	Tongchuan prefecture level city in Shaanxi	銅川