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镚

鏰
bèng
noun #63,095

Meanings

  1. 1 small coin; copper coin

Examples

HSK 5
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.
HSK 6
这罐子装满了一分的钢镚。
Zhè guànzi zhuāng mǎn le yì fēn de gāngbèng.
This jar is full of one-fen copper coins.

Tips

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).

Components

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.

Stroke Order

镚 bèng