铍 (pī) — beryllium (chemical element Be)
Definition
noun
beryllium (chemical element Be)
Examples
- 铍。pī Shì yì zhǒng qīng jīn shǔ.Beryllium is a light metal.
- 铍。Zhè zhǒng cái liào hán yǒu pī yuán sù.This material contains the element beryllium.
- 铍。pī De huà hé wù tōng cháng yǒu dú.Beryllium compounds are usually toxic.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 鈹; 铍 is its simplified writing.
The traditional form 鈹 has 金, meaning metal, and 皮, read pí, to suggest the sound; the simplified 铍 is a shorthand.
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