Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 钢


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Meaning

steel

Pronunciation

gāng

Explanation

Left: metal 钅/, right: hill (=岡 Here as a bloomery hearth for steel smelting, in which iron ore and charcoal were stacked alternately as a hill).

Mnemonic

The metal from this hill (= oven) is steel.

Radicals

gold, metal(This radical is always on the left side of a character.)
mound, ridge of a mountain(With two crosses it is seen as a dragnet/trawl net .)
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Vocabulary

钢管 gāng guǎn steel pipe
槽钢 cáo gāng steel groove; V-shaped steel bar
钢琴 gāng qín piano
钢筋 gāng jīn steel reinforcing bar
炼钢 liàn gāng steel making
钢丝 gāng sī steel wire; tightrope
钢丝绳 gāng sī shéng hawser; steel rope
钢材 gāng cái steel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
钢板 gāng bǎn steel plate
钢铁 gāng tiě steel
不锈钢 bù xiù gāng stainless steel


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