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锰

錳
měng
noun #40,591

Meanings

  1. 1 manganese (chemical element Mn)

Examples

HSK 6
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.
HSK 7-9
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