銅 – copper

14 strokesTaught in grade 5#1505 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 銅 means copper. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドウ (dou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あかがね (akagane). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドウ	dou
Kun’yomi	あかがね	akagane

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

Radical and components

Radical: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: 金・口・冂・一.

Words using 銅

銅貨どうかcopper coin銅どうcopper (Cu)

Example sentences

ここの数枚の銅貨がある。

Here are a few coppers.

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銅はよく電気を通す。

Copper conducts electricity well.

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Kanji with the same radical

金銀針録鉄鈴銭銃鋼鎖鉱鑑銘鋭鏡釣

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