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金属

金属

See also: 金屬

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 金屬.
(This term, 金属, is the simplified form of 金屬.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
ぞく
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 金屬 (kim dzyowk, literally metal + be attached to; category). Compare modern Hakka reading kîm-su̍k.

Pronunciation

Noun

金属 (hiragana きんぞく, romaji kinzoku)

  1. metal
     (てつ)有用 (ゆうよう)金属 (きんぞく)です。
    Tetsu wa yūyō na kinzoku desu.
    Iron is a useful metal.

Compounds

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9