磁 (ci4 | ci2) : magnetism; porcelain

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磁

ci4

ci2

[1] magnetism; magnetic
[2] porcelain [used as variant form of 瓷]

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 石 (#112)

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

磁

This word has been viewed 5588 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Mar 2011 10:47

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磁力 ci4 lik6 ci2 li4 = magnetic force; magnetic

磁碟 ci4 dip6*2 = magnetic disk; floppy disk; diskette

錄像磁帶 luk6 zoeng6 ci4 daai3*2 lu4 xiang4 ci2 dai4 = video cassette 國

磁鐵 ci4 tit3 ci2 tie3 = magnet

磁帶 ci4 daai3*2 ci2 dai4 = magnetic tape

磁石 ci4 sek6 = magnet

磁化 ci4 faa3 = magnetize

光磁 gwong1 ci4 guang1 ci2 = magneto-optical

光磁碟 gwong1 ci4 dip6*2 guang1 ci2 die2 = magneto-optical disk; floptical disk

光磁碟機 gwong1 ci4 dip6*2 gei1 guang1 ci2 die2 ji1 = magneto-optical drive; floptical drive
See all 33 compounds (CantoDict reports 38 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 磁
Unicode code for this character: U+78c1 (off-site link)

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