铝

鋁
lv
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aluminum (chemistry)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

铝 has 钅 metal as its meaning part and 吕 lǚ as its sound part. It first meant to polish a hard surface. The sense aluminum was borrowed for its sound, not from the old meaning.

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Homophones

履lv
shoe, to tread on
吕lv
surname Lü
吕lv
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
旅lv
trip, travel, to travel, brigade (army)

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