钨

鎢

wū

noun #51,567

Meanings

Wū de róngdiǎn shì suǒyǒu jīnshǔ zhōng zuì gāo de.

Tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals.

Dēngpào lǐ de dēngsī shì yòng wū zuò de.

The filament in a lightbulb is made of tungsten.

memory

金 (metal) radical + 乌 (wū, 'crow / black') as phonetic. The 乌 hint also fits semantically: tungsten ore (wolframite) looks dark and crow-black.

culture

China holds about 80% of the world's tungsten reserves. Jiangxi province (江西) is the historical mining heartland.

钨 wū