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锰

錳
měng
noun #40,591

Meanings

  1. 1 manganese (chemical element Mn)

Examples

锰是特种钢的重要成分。
Měng shì tèzhǒng gāng de zhòngyào chéngfèn.
Manganese is an important component of special steels.
锰钢坚硬耐磨，常用于火车车轮。
Měng gāng jiānyìng nài mó, cháng yòngyú huǒchē chēlún.
Manganese steel is hard and wear-resistant, often used for railway wheels.

Tips

memory
Element names for metals almost all take the metal radical 钅 plus a phonetic. Here 孟 gives the měng sound, so 钅 + 孟 = the metal read měng = manganese.

Components

radical
钅 jīn
metal
钅 is the metal radical 金 in left-side form, used for every metallic chemical element, including 锰.
phonetic
孟 mèng
eldest; (surname)
孟 provides the sound (mèng read as měng) and carries no meaning here; it is purely the phonetic chosen when the element was named.

Stroke Order

锰 měng