漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鉛: lead
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 金metal(meaning)
- 㕣(sound)
金 carries the meaning · 㕣 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
エンen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鉛筆えんぴつ
- 黒鉛こくえんgraphite
- 亜鉛あえんzinc (Zn)
- 色鉛筆いろえんぴつcolored pencil; coloured pencil
なまりnamari · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鉛なまりlead (Pb)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 铅 · traditional, as in Japanese · qiān
Japan keeps the traditional form 鉛; mainland China simplifies it to 铅.
- Simplified
- 铅 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鉛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qiān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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