磁 – magnet, porcelain

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The kanji 磁 means magnet, porcelain. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジ (ji). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 石 (no. 112).

Stroke order

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Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジ	ji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical: 石 (Kangxi radical 112). Components: 一・口・石・并・幺.

その機械は磁気の力で動く。

Magnetic force drives the mechanism.

キートンはハトの頭に磁石を取り付けた。

Keeton put magnets on the heads of his pigeons.

磁石の針は北を指す。

Compass needles point to the north.

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