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měi

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měi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
měi | mei3
English translation
magnesium

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About měi

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

měi

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of měi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

釒美

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Měi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and Měi represents the sound. Simplified form of měi .

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Words with měi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
měi magnesium (chemistry) měi
氧化镁 yǎng huà měi magnesium oxide MgO氧化鎂
镁砂 měi shā magnesium oxide (refractory material)鎂砂
菱镁矿 líng měi kuàng magnesite菱鎂礦
镁砖 měi zhuān magnesium brick (refractory material)鎂磚

měi Decomposition & Compounds

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