铕

銪
yǒu
noun #86,251

Meanings

  1. 1 europium (chemical element Eu)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yǒu de huàhéwù shì jiùshì cǎisè diànshì de hóngsè yíngguāngfěn.
Europium compounds give the red phosphor in old color television screens.

Tips

usage
A modern coinage like other element characters: metal radical 钅 plus a phonetic for sound. It is one of the rarer rare-earth metals, used in red phosphors.

Components

radical
钅 jīn
metal
The metal radical 钅 is the left-side form of 金; it marks 铕 as a metallic element.
phonetic
有 yǒu
to have
The right side 有 supplies the sound yǒu exactly, chosen only to transcribe 'eu-' of europium, with no 'have' meaning.

Stroke Order

铕 yǒu