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银矿 (yín kuàng) — silver ore; silver mine

Definition

noun
silver oresilver mine
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 银矿。
    Zhè ge dì qū fā xiàn le fēng fù de yín kuàng.
    This region discovered abundant silver ore.
  • 银矿。
    Tā zài yín kuàng lǐ gōng zuò le shí nián.
    He worked in the silver mine for ten years.
  • 银矿。
    Zhōng guó yǒu hěn duō lì shǐ yōu jiǔ de yín kuàng.
    China has many historically significant silver mines.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

银yínsilver
矿kuàngore/mine

银 gives the metal, and 矿 is the ore or mine.

Characters in this word

Most 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 銀; 银 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
艮
艮gèn銀yín
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 銀 has 金, meaning metal, and 艮, used for the sound; the simplified 银 is a shorthand.

Open 银 →

Most 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 礦; 矿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shístone
Sound part声符shēngfú
廣
廣guǎng礦kuàng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 礦 shows 石, meaning stone, beside 廣, which gives the sound. The simplified 矿 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 矿 →
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