矿kuàng
ore, a mine. 8 strokes, radical 石, first met in HSK 4.
Pinyin kuàngStrokes 8Radical 石Band HSK 4Words 2
How to write 矿
Strokes 1–5 write 石, then strokes 6–8 write 广.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 矿 · the stroke-order rules
What 矿 is made of
石 (shí, stone) and 广 (guǎng, broad).
石 carries the meaning — mineral — and 广 carries the sound.
Words that use 矿
| 矿 | ore, a mine 指埋藏有用物质的地方 前方就是新开的矿区啦。Ahead lay a newly opened mine. Lesson 611, 旷野快车 · 驰骛四方与格物明理 · Broad Horizons & Rational Discernment |
| 矿泉水 | mineral water 从地下天然涌出的干净饮用水 大家递上温热的矿泉水悉心照料。Everyone offered warm mineral water and looked after him carefully. Lesson 309, 烟火人间与情怀映照 · 故土炊烟与烟火长卷 · Hometown Memories & The Tapestry of Daily Life |
More characters with the radical 石
All 14 of them, and what the radical means, on the 石 radical page.