Ancient carved pictogram that became 钅

THE RADICAL SHED

The metal radical

Radical · metals, money, tools

钅

Compressed gold. Bells, pots, banks and anything that clinks.

14 of the 42 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

钱B1
钱qiánmoney价钱jiàqiánprice; cost零花钱línghuāqiánpocket money; allowance零钱língqiánsmall change
钟B1
分钟fēnzhōngminute闹钟nàozhōngalarm clock钟头zhōngtóuhour警钟jǐngzhōngalarm bell
错B2
不错búcuònot bad; correct错cuòwrong; mistake错过cuòguòto miss错误cuòwùmistake; wrong
铁B2
地铁dìtiěsubway; metro高铁gāotiěhigh-speed rail铁路tiělùrailroad磁铁cítiěmagnet
银B3
银行yínhángbank银行卡yínhángkǎbank card银yínsilver银牌yínpáisilver medal
锻B3
锻炼duànliànto exercise; to train
铅B3
铅笔qiānbǐpencil
针B4
打针dǎzhēnto give or get an injection针对zhēnduìto target针zhēnneedle方针fāngzhēnpolicy
镜B4
镜子jìngzimirror眼镜yǎnjìngglasses; eyeglasses镜头jìngtóucamera lens望远镜wàngyuǎnjìngtelescope
钢B4
钢琴gāngqínpiano钢笔gāngbǐfountain pen钢铁gāngtiěsteel
键B4
关键guānjiànkey; crucial point键jiànkey键盘jiànpánkeyboard
钥B4
钥匙yàoshikey
销B5
促销cùxiāoto promote sales销量xiāoliàngsales volume销售xiāoshòuto sell畅销chàngxiāoto sell well
锅B5
锅guōpot火锅huǒguōhotpot电饭锅diànfànguōelectric rice cooker
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