铜 tóng copper
copper; bronze
怎么记住“铜”: 钅 gold + 同 same = copper. The coin collector lays a gold coin beside one of the same size, but that one is brown and dull, just copper.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
铜 = 钅 gold + 同 same
- 钅 gold meaning
- 同 same sound
- 冂 box
- 𠮛 piled up
The coin collector lays a gold coin beside one of the same size, but that one is brown and dull, just copper.
How it came to be
Metal gives the meaning and the right part the sound: the red metal.
用法
- The metal copper/bronze. 铜牌 (tóngpái) bronze medal (below 金牌 gold, 银牌 silver), 青铜器 (qīngtóngqì) ancient bronze artifacts.
- 铜 also stands in for money/coins in older words like 铜钱 (tóngqián) copper cash coins.