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汞

gǒng

Character

What 汞 means

1. mercury (chemistry)

Other readings

汞 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gǒngvariant of {汞|gǒng}

Example sentences

• Tom汞中毒，因为他每天吃罐装鲔鱼。
  T om gǒng zhòngdú, yīnwèi tā měitiān chī guànzhuāng wěiyú.
  Tom got mercury poisoning because he ate canned tuna every day.
• Tom汞中毒了，因为他每天都吃罐装金枪鱼。
  T om gǒng zhòngdú le, yīnwèi tā měitiān dōu chī guànzhuāng jīnqiāngyú.
  Tom got mercury poisoning from eating canned tuna every day.

Words starting with 汞

• 汞灯gǒng dēngmercury-vapor lamp
• 汞齐gǒng qíamalgam; mercury alloy
• 汞溴红gǒng xiù hóngmerbromin; mercurochrome

Words containing 汞

• 升汞shēng gǒngmercuric chloride (HgCl)
• 甘汞gān gǒngcalomel or mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2)
• 红汞hóng gǒngmerbromin; mercurochrome
• 氧化汞yǎng huà gǒngmercuric oxide (HgO)
• 毫米汞柱háo mǐ gǒng zhùmillimeter of mercury; mmHg (unit of pressure)

Characters built on 工

These share the phonetic component 工 (gōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 空kōngempty; air; sky
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 攻gōngto attack; to accuse; to study
• 巩gǒng(bound form) to fix in place; to make firm and secure
• 虹hóngrainbow
• 讧hòngstrife; disorder; rioting

Characters that look like 汞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 采cǎito pick; to pluck; to collect
• 承chéngto bear; to carry; to hold
• 农nóng(bound form) agriculture
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待
• 尿niàoto urinate; urine
• 讹éerror; false; to extort

Sounds the same

Read gǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 巩(bound form) to fix in place; to make firm and secure
• 拱to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 珙(gem)
• 栱post
• 廾hands joined