矿
mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine
8 strokes
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How 矿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “mineral”) + 广 (phonetic, guǎng)
How to remember it
mine · Heisig RSH #1783
石 stone + cave
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 广
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 广 (guǎng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 广 sound component | guǎng | broad, vast, wide; building, house |
| 犷 | guǎng | fierce, rude, uncivilized |
| 圹 | kuàng | tomb, grave: prairie, range, wilderness |
| 纩 | kuàng | cotton, silk |
| 邝 | kuàng | surname |
Words containing 矿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工矿用地 | gōng kuàng yòng dì | industrial and mining area |
| 矿物学 | kuàng wù xué | mineralogy |
| 铁矿石 | tiě kuàng shí | iron ore |
| 矿物质 | kuàng wù zhì | mineral, esp. dietary mineral |
| 黄铁矿 | huáng tiě kuàng | pyrite |
| 鹰手营子矿区 | Yīng shǒu yíng zi Kuàng qū | Yingshouyingzi Mining District, a district of Chengde City 承德市[Cheng2 de2 Shi4], Hebei |
| 矿产资源 | kuàng chǎn zī yuán | mineral resources |
| 矿油精 | kuàng yóu jīng | mineral spirits |
| 人矿 | rén kuàng | (neologism, attested by 2023) (slang) the Chinese people, seen as a resource that is explo… |
| 矿区 | Kuàng Qū | Kuang District or Kuangqu, a district of Yangquan City 陽泉市|阳泉市[Yang2 quan2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 矿区 | kuàng qū | mining site; mining area |
| 矿山 | kuàng shān | mine |
| 矿水 | kuàng shuǐ | mineral water |
| 矿机 | kuàng jī | (cryptocurrency) mining machine |
| 金矿 | jīn kuàng | gold mine; gold ore |
| 矿体 | kuàng tǐ | ore body (geology) |
| 矿物 | kuàng wù | mineral |
| 矿主 | kuàng zhǔ | proprietor of a mine |
| 矿车 | kuàng chē | miner's cart; pit truck |
| 开矿 | kāi kuàng | to mine; to open a seam |