金 jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 金 — gold, metal
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
金属
jīnshǔ
metal
Characters in this word
属 shǔ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- Made of
- 尸 body, corpse 禹 legendary Hsia dynasty founder
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这种金属耐高温，常用于航空发动机的关键部件。 Zhè zhǒng jīnshǔ nài gāowēn, cháng yòng yú hángkōng fādòngjī de guānjiàn bùjiàn. This metal is resistant to high temperatures and is often used in key parts of aircraft engines.
- 铁和铜都是生活中很常见的金属。 Tiě hé tóng dōu shì shēnghuó zhōng hěn chángjiàn de jīnshǔ. Iron and copper are both very common metals in daily life.
- 机场的安检门能发现身上带的金属物品。 Jīchǎng de ānjiǎnmén néng fāxiàn shēn shàng dài de jīnshǔ wùpǐn. The security gate at the airport can detect metal objects people are carrying.