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钫

鈁
fāng
noun #98,761

Meanings

  1. 1 francium (radioactive chemical element, symbol Fr)
  2. 2 an ancient square-mouthed bronze wine vessel

Examples

钫是一种极稀有的放射性金属。
Fāng shì yì zhǒng jí xīyǒu de fàngshèxìng jīnshǔ.
Francium is an extremely rare radioactive metal.
汉墓出土了一件铜钫。
Hànmù chūtǔ le yí jiàn tóng fāng.
A bronze square wine vessel was unearthed from the Han tomb.

Tips

history
钫 has two unrelated lives: an ancient square-mouthed bronze vessel for wine or grain, and the modern name for the element francium. The chemistry sense reuses the metal radical 钅 plus the 方 sound.

Components

radical
钅 jīn
metal; gold
The metal radical 钅 (left-side form of 金) fits both senses, a bronze vessel and a metallic element.
phonetic
方 fāng
square; direction
方 gives the sound fāng and, for the old vessel, a hint of its 'square' mouth, a happy double fit.

Stroke Order

钫 fāng