晶

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crystal

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Many suns 日, suggesting a bright and glittering gem

Components 日 ×3

sparkling · Heisig RSH #23

sun

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
生物晶片	shēng wù jīng piàn	biochip
白水晶	bái shuǐ jīng	rock crystal (mineral)
电晶体	diàn jīng tǐ	(Tw) transistor
黄水晶	huáng shuǐ jīng	citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2 as a semiprecious stone)
水晶球	shuǐ jīng qiú	crystal ball
重晶石	zhòng jīng shí	barite (geology)
晶体管	jīng tǐ guǎn	transistor
施华洛世奇水晶	Shī huá luò shì qí shuǐ jīng	Swarovski crystal
结晶水	jié jīng shuǐ	water of crystallization
结晶学	jié jīng xué	crystallography
结晶体	jié jīng tǐ	a crystal
重结晶	chóng jié jīng	to recrystallize
黄晶果	huáng jīng guǒ	abiu (Pouteria caimito)
多晶片模组	duō jīng piàn mó zǔ	multi-chip module (MCM)
冰晶石	bīng jīng shí	cryolite
晶状体	jīng zhuàng tǐ	lens; crystalline lens
水晶	shuǐ jīng	crystal
无晶圆	wú jīng yuán	fabless (semiconductor company)
晶体	jīng tǐ	crystal
晶体结构	jīng tǐ jié gòu	crystal structure