礦 (kong3 kwong3 | kuang4) : ore; mineral; mine

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礦

kong3 kwong3

kuang4

[1] ore; mineral deposit
[2] mine; pit; quarry
[Var.] 鑛

Jyutping kwong3 used to be the standard, but 'lazy' sound kong3 is being promoted by major dictionaries.

Stroke count: 20

Level: 1

Radical: 石 (#112)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

礦 / 矿

This word has been viewed 6242 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Dec 2014 13:54

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廠礦 cong2 kong3 chang3 kuang4 = factories and mines

礦物 kong3 mat6 kuang4 wu4 = mineral

礦物質 kong3 mat6 zat1 kuang4 wu4 zhi4 = mineral (especially dietary)

煤礦 mui4 kong3 mei2 kuang4 = colliery, a coal mine

礦井 kong3 zeng2 kuang4 jing3 = a mineshaft

礦工 kong3 gung1 kuang4 gong1 = miners

礦石 kong3 sek6 kuang4 shi2 = ore

採礦 coi2 kong3 cai3 kuang4 = mining; to mine;

礦渣 kong3 zaa1 kuang4 zha1 = slag (in mining)

峰峰礦區 fung1 fung1 kong3 keoi1 feng1 feng1 kuang4 qu1 = Fengfengkuang (area in Hebei)
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 19 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 礦
Unicode code for this character: U+7926 (off-site link)

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