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铅qiān

lead. 10 strokes, radical 钅, first met in HSK 6.

Pinyin qiānStrokes 10Radical 钅Band HSK 6Words 1

How to write 铅

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Stroke order chart for 铅 — 10 strokes, radical 钅

Write 铅 on the grid

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 铅 · the stroke-order rules

What 铅 is made of

钅 (jīn, gold), 几 (jǐ, small table) and 口 (kǒu, mouth).

钅 carries the meaning — metal — and 几 carries the sound.

Words that use 铅

铅(qiān)笔(bǐ) pencil
指用石墨芯写字的笔

他用铅笔在图上牵出一条线。With a pencil he drew a line across the diagram.

Lesson 628, 法庭铅笔 · 精研机理与洞见真知 · Scientific Insight & Physical Principles

Characters that share the sound part 几

Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.

肌jī

More characters with the radical 钅

All 22 of them, and what the radical means, on the 金 radical page.

钱qián错cuò铁tiě钟zhōng银yín金jīn销xiāo针zhēn锻duàn镜jìng锅guō钢gāng键jiàn铃líng锁suǒ镇zhèn鉴jiàn铺pù铜tóng锋fēng钻zuān