汞
mercury (chemistry)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,267 U+6C5E
How 汞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
水 (semantic, “water”) + 工 (phonetic, gōng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 工
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 工 (gōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工 sound component | gōng | labor, work; laborer, worker |
| 红 | hóng | red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular |
| 空 | kōng | hollow, empty, deserted, bare |
| 江 | jiāng | large river; the Yangtze; surname |
| 经 | jīng | the classics; to experience, to undergo |
| 轻 | qīng | light, gentle; simple, easy |
| 径 | jìng | path, diameter; straight, direct |
| 攻 | gōng | to accuse; to assault; to criticize |
| 项 | xiàng | neck, nape; item; a term in an equation |
| 氢 | qīng | ammonia |
| 贡 | gòng | to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts |
| 虹 | hóng | rainbow |
| 缸 | gāng | earthen jug, crock, cistern |
| 肛 | gāng | anus |
| 巩 | gǒng | to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong |
| 邛 | qióng | mound; in distress |
| 豇 | jiāng | kidney bean; black-eyed pea |
| 仝 | tóng | together, same; surname |
| 巠 | jīng | underground river; flowing water |
Words containing 汞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氧化汞 | yǎng huà gǒng | mercuric oxide (HgO) |
| 毫米汞柱 | háo mǐ gǒng zhù | millimeter of mercury; mmHg (unit of pressure) |
| 红汞 | hóng gǒng | merbromin; mercurochrome |
| 汞灯 | gǒng dēng | mercury-vapor lamp |
| 汞齐 | gǒng qí | amalgam; mercury alloy |
| 甘汞 | gān gǒng | calomel or mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2) |
| 升汞 | shēng gǒng | mercuric chloride (HgCl) |
| 汞溴红 | gǒng xiù hóng | merbromin; mercurochrome |