汞
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mercury (chemistry)
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 水 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 汞
- Common rank
- #3,267
- Unicode
- U+6C5E
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Formation & memory
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Words with 汞
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氧化汞 | mercuric oxide (HgO) | |
| 毫米汞柱 | millimeter of mercury; mmHg (unit of pressure) | |
| 红汞 | merbromin; mercurochrome | |
| 汞灯 | mercury-vapor lamp | |
| 汞齐 | amalgam; mercury alloy | |
| 甘汞 | calomel or mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2) | |
| 升汞 | mercuric chloride (HgCl) | |
| 汞溴红 | merbromin; mercurochrome |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 工 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工 sound part | labor, work; laborer, worker | |
| 红 | red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular | |
| 空 | hollow, empty, deserted, bare | |
| 江 | large river; the Yangtze; surname | |
| 经 | the classics; to experience, to undergo | |
| 轻 | light, gentle; simple, easy | |
| 径 | path, diameter; straight, direct | |
| 攻 | to accuse; to assault; to criticize | |
| 项 | neck, nape; item; a term in an equation | |
| 氢 | ammonia | |
| 贡 | to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts | |
| 虹 | rainbow | |
| 缸 | earthen jug, crock, cistern | |
| 肛 | anus | |
| 巩 | to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong | |
| 邛 | mound; in distress | |
| 豇 | kidney bean; black-eyed pea | |
| 仝 | together, same; surname | |
| 巠 | underground river; flowing water |