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磁

cí
noun #9,722

Meanings

  1. 1 magnetism; magnetic
  2. 2 porcelain; china (variant of 瓷)

Characters

磁
cí
magnetic; porcelain
Contains 石 (stone radical) + 兹 (this) as phonetic. The stone radical connects to lodestone — the naturally magnetic mineral.

Examples

磁铁能吸引铁。
Cítiě néng xīyǐn tiě.
Magnets can attract iron.
地球有一个磁场。
Dìqiú yǒu yī gè cíchǎng.
The Earth has a magnetic field.
这种磁性材料应用很广。
Zhè zhǒng cíxìng cáiliào yìngyòng hěn guǎng.
This type of magnetic material has very wide applications.

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usage
磁 appears in many compounds: 磁铁 (cítiě, magnet), 磁场 (cíchǎng, magnetic field), 磁卡 (cíkǎ, magnetic card), 磁盘 (cípán, disk). As a variant of 瓷, it can mean porcelain, but this usage is rare in modern Chinese.

Stroke Order

磁 cí