磁
magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #903 U+78C1
How 磁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “stone”) + 兹 (phonetic, zī)
How to remember it
magnetism · Heisig RSH #2415
石 stone + Mona Lisa
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 兹
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 兹 (zī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兹 sound component | zī | now, here; this; time, year |
| 慈 | cí | gentle, humane, kind, merciful |
| 滋 | zī | to grow, to nourish; to multiply, to thrive |
| 鹚 | cí | cormorant |
| 孳 | zī | to breed; to produce, to bear; to grow recklessly |
| 糍 | cí | sticky rice; mochi |
| 嵫 | zī | a hill in Shantung |
Words containing 磁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可磁化体 | kě cí huà tǐ | magnetic medium; material capable of being magnetized |
| 地球磁场 | dì qiú cí chǎng | earth's magnetic field |
| 电磁学 | diàn cí xué | electromagnetism |
| 电磁理论 | diàn cí lǐ lùn | electromagnetism; electromagnetic theory |
| 电磁力 | diàn cí lì | electromagnetic force (physics) |
| 磁力线 | cí lì xiàn | line of magnetic flux |
| 磁通门 | cí tōng mén | fluxgate (electrical engineering) |
| 地磁场 | dì cí chǎng | the earth's magnetic field |
| 电磁场 | diàn cí chǎng | electromagnetic fields |
| 古地磁 | gǔ dì cí | paleomagnetism |
| 电磁波 | diàn cí bō | electromagnetic wave |
| 电磁感应 | diàn cí gǎn yìng | electromagnetic induction |
| 磁通量 | cí tōng liàng | magnetic flux |
| 磁带机 | cí dài jī | tape drive |
| 磁单极子 | cí dān jí zǐ | magnetic monopole |
| 磁感应强度 | cí gǎn yìng qiáng dù | magnetic field density |
| 电磁铁 | diàn cí tiě | electromagnet |
| 电磁相互作用 | diàn cí xiāng hù zuò yòng | electromagnetic interaction (between particles); electromagnetic force (physics) |
| 磁重联 | cí chóng lián | (physics) magnetic reconnection |
| 磁县 | Cí Xiàn | Ci County or Cixian, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei |