铅

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lead (chemistry)

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,292 U+94C5

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 几 (phonetic, jǐ)

components: 钅几口

lead · Heisig RSH #2827

metal + belch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 几

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 几 (jǐ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
几 sound component	jǐ	small table; how many; a few, some
肌	jī	flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones
饥	jī	hungry, starving; hunger, famine
叽	jī	to grumble; to sigh
矶	jī	jetty, reef; breakwater, eddy
讥	jī	to ridicule, to mock, to jeer
玑	jī	an oblong pearl
虮	jǐ	nits, lice
麂	jǐ	a species of deer
処	chǔ	place, locale; department

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自动铅笔	zì dòng qiān bǐ	mechanical pencil; propelling pencil
铅山县	Yán shān Xiàn	Yanshan, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市\|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi
铅管工	qiān guǎn gōng	plumber
铅笔刀	qiān bǐ dāo	pencil sharpener; CL:把[ba3]
铅酸蓄电池	qiān suān xù diàn chí	lead-acid accumulator; battery (e.g. in car)
铅山	Yán shān	see 鉛山縣\|铅山县[Yan2 shan1 Xian4]
方铅矿	fāng qiān kuàng	galena
铅字	qiān zì	(printing) type; movable letters
削铅笔机	xiāo qiān bǐ jī	pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)
铅球	qiān qiú	shot put (athletics event)
铅垂线	qiān chuí xiàn	plumbline
铅带	qiān dài	weight belt
铅条	qiān tiáo	strip of lead; (printing) slug; lead (for a propelling pencil)
铅笔	qiān bǐ	(lead) pencil; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1],桿\|杆[gan3]
铅笔盒	qiān bǐ hé	pencil case
削铅笔	xiāo qiān bǐ	to sharpen a pencil
铅矿	qiān kuàng	lead ore
锡铅	xī qiān	pewter (tin alloy)
灌铅	guàn qiān	to weight sth with lead; (of a die) loaded; to pour molten lead into the mouth (as a punis…
铅锤	qiān chuí	bob of a plumbline