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Copper It´S Metal 銅 ドウ あかがね 銅(どう 銅貨(どうか

Kanji
Onyomi ドウ
Kunyomi あかがね
English copper
Examples 銅(どう): copper
銅貨(どうか): copper coin
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 5
Frequency 1505
Components 金: gold
同: same; agree; equal
Number of Strokes 14
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 167
Radical Strokes 8
Radical Reading かね・かねへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword copper
Koohii Story 1 I can´t believe no one has used this one yet: Copper is metal which looks almost the same as gold. Really, look it up on Wikipedia, it´s yellow and it´s shiny (atleast in some compounds)!
Koohii Story 2 Copper is an excellent conductor. In other words, it´s a metal for which the voltage is the same everywhere. That´s why it´s used for wires.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_nature_substance

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