漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
銑: pig iron
JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 先 gives the sound
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 銑鉄せんてつpig iron
- 白銑はくせんwhite pig iron
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 銑ずくpig iron
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 铣 · traditional, as in Japanese · xǐ
Japan keeps the traditional form 銑; mainland China simplifies it to 铣.
- Simplified
- 铣 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 銑 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xǐ 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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