矿 kuàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
矿
kuàng
mine; ore; mineral deposit
Character
Example phrases
- 这座矿停产多年，周边村庄仍在处理地下水污染和塌陷风险。 Zhè zuò kuàng tíngchǎn duō nián, zhōubiān cūnzhuāng réng zài chǔlǐ dìxiàshuǐ wūrǎn hé tāxiàn fēngxiǎn. This mine has been shut down for years, yet nearby villages are still dealing with groundwater pollution and the risk of subsidence.
- 爸爸年轻时在一座煤矿工作。 Bàba niánqīng shí zài yí zuò méikuàng gōngzuò. When he was young, Dad worked in a coal mine.
- 这座铁矿已经开采了一百多年。 Zhè zuò tiěkuàng yǐjīng kāicǎi le yì bǎi duō nián. This iron mine has been worked for over a hundred years.
Related words
- 矿泉水 kuàngquánshuǐ mineral water
- 采矿 cǎikuàng to mine; mining
- 矿藏 kuàngcáng mineral deposits; mineral reserves
- 矿产 kuàngchǎn mineral products; mineral resources
- 燃油 rányóu fuel oil; fuel
- 燃气 ránqì gas; fuel gas
- 开采 kāicǎi to mine; to extract
- 煤炭 méitàn coal
- 勘探 kāntàn to prospect; to explore
- 埋藏 máicáng to bury; to hide underground
- 枯竭 kūjié depleted; exhausted
- 炼 liàn to refine; to smelt; to temper through training