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銅 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「金」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「金」
On
ドウどう · dō
Kun
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Meaning
copper

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

金 "metal" plus 同 "same"; the reddish metal ranked alongside gold — hence "copper."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onドウどうdō銅器どうき銅像どうぞう青銅せいどう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 銅像どうぞう

    bronze statue

  • 銅色どういろ

    copper colour

More words with this kanji

  • 銅鐸どうたく
  • 銅鑼どら
  • 銅鑼を鳴らすどらをならす

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

公園(こうえん)に大(おお)きな銅像(どうぞう)がある。

There is a large bronze statue in the park.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

銅像銅色銅像image色color鉱ore金gold釘nail針needle釜iron…堂hall導to gui…仂remain…同same吋inch
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Compound

Map of radical 金Map of reading ドウAll maps

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