矿

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mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

石 meaning “mineral” + 广 sound ( guǎng )

Components 石广

mine · Heisig RSH #1783

石 stone + cave

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
工矿用地	gōng kuàng yòng dì	industrial and mining area
矿物学	kuàng wù xué	mineralogy
铁矿石	tiě kuàng shí	iron ore
矿物质	kuàng wù zhì	mineral, esp. dietary mineral
黄铁矿	huáng tiě kuàng	pyrite
鹰手营子矿区	Yīng shǒu yíng zi Kuàng qū	Yingshouyingzi Mining District, a district of Chengde City 承德市[Cheng2 de2 Shi4], Hebei
矿产资源	kuàng chǎn zī yuán	mineral resources
矿油精	kuàng yóu jīng	mineral spirits
人矿	rén kuàng	(neologism, attested by 2023) (slang) the Chinese people, seen as a resource that is explo…
矿区	Kuàng Qū	Kuang District or Kuangqu, a district of Yangquan City 陽泉市\|阳泉市[Yang2 quan2 Shi4], Shanxi
矿区	kuàng qū	mining site; mining area
矿山	kuàng shān	mine
矿水	kuàng shuǐ	mineral water
矿机	kuàng jī	(cryptocurrency) mining machine
金矿	jīn kuàng	gold mine; gold ore
矿体	kuàng tǐ	ore body (geology)
矿物	kuàng wù	mineral
矿主	kuàng zhǔ	proprietor of a mine
矿车	kuàng chē	miner's cart; pit truck
开矿	kāi kuàng	to mine; to open a seam

Characters sharing the sound component 广 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
广 sound part	guǎng	broad, vast, wide; building, house
犷	guǎng	fierce, rude, uncivilized
圹	kuàng	tomb, grave: prairie, range, wilderness
纩	kuàng	cotton, silk
邝	kuàng	surname