镚 (bèng): small coin; copper coin (colloq…

Meanings

他口袋里还有几个镚子。

Tā kǒudai lǐ hái yǒu jǐ gè bèngzi.

There are still a few small coins in his pocket.

这罐子装满了一分的钢镚。

Zhè guànzi zhuāng mǎn le yīfēn de gāngbèng.

This jar is full of one-fen copper coins.

usage

镚 is colloquial northern speech for a small coin. It usually takes a suffix: 镚子 or 钢镚 ('steel coin', a small change coin).

radical

钅 jīn

metal; gold

钅 is the metal radical 金 in its left-side form. It tells you the word is about something metal, here a small metal coin.

phonetic

崩 bēng

to collapse

崩 provides the sound, with a small tone shift from bēng to bèng. It contributes no meaning here, only the pronunciation.

镚 bèng