Memory phrase for the Kanji: 铜

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

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