漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鉱: mineral, ore
JLPT N213 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 広 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鉱石こうせきore, mineral, crystal
- 鉱山こうざんmine [n.]
- 鉱脈こうみゃくvein, lode
- 金鉱きんこうgold mine
- 炭鉱たんこうcoal mine, coal pit
- 鉄鉱石てっこうせきiron ore
- 採鉱するさいこうするmine [v.t.]
Also read あらがね, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 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 矿 · traditional 鑛 · kuàng
Three different forms: Japanese 鉱, simplified 矿, traditional 鑛.
- Simplified
- 矿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鑛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kuàng 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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