汞

gǒng
#3,763 most
frequent character
mercury (chemistry)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

汞 pairs 水 water with the sound 工 gōng. It first meant liquid silver. That sense later became mercury.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

汞gǒng
variant of 汞[gong3]

Homophones

拱gǒng
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