jiǎ

potassium kalium

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

甲 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎ

  

1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Evolution

钾 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
钾 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
钾 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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jiǎ

potassium kalium; potassium (chemistry)

Most common words with 钾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

potassium (chemistry)

氯化钾

potassium chloride

碘化钾

potassium iodide

高锰酸钾

potassium permanganate

氰化钾

potassium cyanide KCN

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3801st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+94BE


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