钱
JLPT HSK 1

qián
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
JLPT HSK 1

zhōng
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 口.

	错
JLPT HSK 2

cuò
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
JLPT HSK 2

qiān
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
JLPT HSK 3

yín
Left: metal/gold 钅(=金 Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: "not good" 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(Gold would be better!) This metal is not good: It is only silver!

	铁
JLPT HSK 3

tiě
Left: metal 钅/金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ (= accent ノ) it is the husband 夫 who loses) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
The metal, you can safely lose (due to its little value) is iron.

	锻
JLPT HSK 3

duàn
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
JLPT HSK 4

zhēn
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
JLPT HSK 4

jìng
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
JLPT HSK 4

jiàn
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
JLPT HSK 4

gāng
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
JLPT HSK 4

yào, yuè
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
JLPT HSK 4

jīn
At top cover , below earth 土 and two gold nuggets 丷
Covered by earth: two gold nuggets.

	销
JLPT HSK 5

xiāo
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
JLPT HSK 5

suǒ
Left: metal 钅/金, right: small 小 & money 贝
It's made of metal to lock-up your small change: The lock.

	铃
JLPT HSK 5

líng
Left: metal 钅/金, right: order/command 令 (bell's body , bell's bolt マ)
Metal chiming on command is a bell.

	锅
JLPT HSK 5

guō
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
JLPT HSK 5

liàn
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
JLPT HSK 5

diào
Left: metal 钅/金; right: ladle 勺 (here: hook 勹 with bait 丶)
Made of metal is the hook: for fishing.

	铜
JLPT HSK 6

tóng
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
JLPT HSK 6

ruì
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
JLPT HSK 6

zhèn
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
JLPT HSK 6

jǐn
Left: metal 钅, right: silk 帛 (= white 白 cloth 巾)
With gold stitched/embroided silk is brocade.

	铭
JLPT HSK 6

míng
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
JLPT HSK 6

qīn
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
JLPT HSK 6

gōu
Left: 钅/金, right: hook, sketch 勾 (= two hooks 勹, 厶 in engagement)
Made of metal and for hooking: The hook.

	钉
JLPT HSK 6

dīng, dìng
Left: metal 钅/金, right: nail 丁
A metal nail.

	铺
JLPT HSK 6

pū, pù
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
JLPT HSK 6

xián
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
JLPT HSK 6

jiàn
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
JLPT HSK 6

fēng
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
JLPT HSK 6

zhù
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
JLPT HSK 6

chāo
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
JLPT HSK 6

zuān, zuàn
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
JLPT HSK 6

chuí
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
JLPT HSK 6

gài
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
JLPT HSK 6

xiāng
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
JLPT HSK 6

dùn
Left: metal 钅/金, right: barracks 屯 (On fertile ground, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
(Due to the constant use) The metal in the barracks becomes blunt.

	锈
JLPT HSK 6

xiù
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
JLPT HSK 6

qiè
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
JLPT HSK 6

sè
Top: simplification of gold 金 or squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons (= 人) is squeezed.) [cf. traditional 嗇], bottom: return, revolve 回
When the 'gold/money' 金 is (steadily) revolved, this guy is stingy.

	钮
JLPT no HSK

niǔ
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
JLPT no HSK

biāo
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
JLPT no HSK

xī
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
JLPT no HSK

jūn
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
JLPT no HSK

bàng
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
JLPT no HSK

chǎn
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
JLPT no HSK

zhuī
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
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jū, jù
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
JLPT no HSK

yóu
Left: metal 钅/金, right: cause, reason 由 (The seedling/sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.)
The metal that breaks like a sprout 丨 out of its husk 田 is: uranium.

	铮
JLPT no HSK

zhēng
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
JLPT no HSK

luó
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
JLPT no HSK

lǚ
Left: metal 钅/金, right: pitch-pipe 吕 (Here: cross-section of two aluminum profiles)
The metal for aluminum profiles is: Aluminum.

	钊
JLPT no HSK

zhāo
Left: metal 钅/金, right: knife, to cut刂
The metal became a knife to cut. Therefore it was: "encouraged".

	钳
JLPT no HSK

qián
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
JLPT no HSK

nà
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
JLPT no HSK

máo
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
JLPT no HSK

xīn
Left: metal 钅/金, right: bitter, (of taste) hot 辛
The metal with the pronounciation 'xīn' like at 'bitter' is: zinc.

	锄
JLPT no HSK

chú
Left: metal 钅/金, right: help, support, help 助 (Further 且 power 力 helps.)
Metal, that helps, is the: hoe.

	钵
JLPT no HSK

bō
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
JLPT no HSK

zhū
Left: metal 钅/金, 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
JLPT no HSK

chāi
Left: metal 钅/金, right: fork 叉 [hand 又 with fork 丶]
The metal fork serves as: a hairpin.

	铎
JLPT no HSK

duó
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
JLPT no HSK

kào
Left: metal 钅/金, 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
JLPT no HSK

fǔ
Top: father 父 (.. has a stick ノ in his hand ), bottom: gold, metal 金
Daddy uses metal to make a kettle.

	钾
JLPT no HSK

jiǎ
Left: metal 钅/金, right: armor, shell 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shell/husk 田)
(when using as fertilizer:) The 'metal' that cracks the shell of the seedling: is potassium.

	镰
JLPT no HSK

lián
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
JLPT no HSK

xīn
Tree times metal, gold 金
Triple gold for: prosperity!

	镯
JLPT no HSK

zhuó
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
JLPT no HSK

bèi
Left: metal 钅/金, right: money 贝/貝
Metal with the pronounciation 'bèi' as used at 'money' is: barium.

	镀
JLPT no HSK

dù
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, when: plating.

	锢
JLPT no HSK

gù
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
JLPT no HSK

qiāng
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.