镴 (là): solder

Meanings

工人用镴把两根电线接在一起。

Gōngrén yòng là bǎ liǎng gēn diànxiàn jiē zài yìqǐ.

The worker used solder to join the two wires.

旧式的锡铅焊料叫锡镴。

Jiù shì de xīqiān hànliào jiào xīlà.

Old tin-and-lead solder is called 锡镴.

usage

镴 refers to solder, a soft tin-lead alloy. It appears in 锡镴 (pewter / soft solder).

radical

钅 jīn

metal; gold

The metal radical, side form of 金, marks 镴 as a metal substance, here the soft solder alloy.

phonetic

巤 liè

mane; bristles

The right side carries the sound, drifted from liè to the modern reading là. The same phonetic appears in 蜡 and 猎.

镴 là