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铝

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aluminum (chemistry)

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Strokes
11
Radical
金 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
鋁
Common rank
#2,918
Unicode
U+94DD

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Formation & memory

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How 铝 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “metal” + 吕 sound ( lǚ )

Components 钅 吕

How to remember it

aluminum · Heisig RSH #2122

metal + 吕 spine

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 铝

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
铝合金 lǚ hé jīn aluminum alloy
铁铝土 tiě lǚ tǔ ferralsol (soil taxonomy)
氧化铝 yǎng huà lǚ aluminum oxide
氢氧化铝 qīng yǎng huà lǚ aluminum hydroxide
铝土矿 lǚ tǔ kuàng bauxite
氯化铝 lǜ huà lǚ aluminum chloride
硫酸铝 liú suān lǚ aluminum sulfate
硅铝质 guī lǚ zhì sial rock (containing silicon and aluminium, so comparatively light, making continental pl…
硅酸氟铝 guī suān fú lǚ aluminum fluorosilicate
铝箔纸 lǚ bó zhǐ aluminum foil
矽铝层 xī lǚ céng Sial
铝矾土 lǚ fán tǔ bauxite; aluminum ore
铝箔 lǚ bó aluminum foil

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
吕 sound part lǚ a musical note; surname
宫 gōng palace; surname
侣 lǚ companion; associate with
闾 lǘ a village of twenty-five families
莒 jǔ taro, hemp; herb;
稆 lǚ wild grain