漢字道KANJIDO

7 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)7 strokesRadical
On
コウ
Kun
みずがね
Meaning
mercury

Origin

ORIGIN

Water 水 with 工 as phonetic: the liquid metal, quicksilver.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 水銀すいぎん

    mercury

  • 甘汞かんこう

    calomel (mercurous chloride)

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

汞は常温で液体の金属だ。

Mercury is a metal liquid at room temperature.

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