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矿

kuàng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 礦

What 矿 means

1. mineral deposit; ore deposit
2. ore
3. a mine

Other readings

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

• kuàngvariant of {矿|kuàng}

Example sentences

• 我喜欢喝天然的矿泉水。
  I like to drink natural mineral water.
• 加利福尼亚发现了金矿。
  Gold had been discovered in California.
• 矿里能找到宝贵的矿物质。
  A mine is where you find precious minerals.
• 水果富含维生素和矿物质。
  Fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals.
• 有很多工人被困在煤矿里了。
  Yǒu hěn duō gōngrén bèi kùn zài méikuàng lǐ le.
  Many workers were trapped in the coal mine.
• 许多劳动者受困在煤矿场中。
  Xǔduō láodòngzhě shòukùn zài méikuàng chǎng zhōng.
  Many workers were trapped in the coal mine.

Words starting with 矿

• 矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral water
• 矿工kuàng gōngminer
• 矿山kuàng shānmine
• 矿产kuàng chǎnminerals
• 矿区kuàng qūmining site; mining area
• 矿井kuàng jǐnga mine; a mine shaft
• 矿物质kuàng wù zhìmineral, esp. dietary mineral
• 矿石kuàng shíore
• 矿物kuàng wùmineral
• 矿业kuàng yèmining industry
• 矿主kuàng zhǔproprietor of a mine
• 矿企kuàng qǐmining company (abbr. for 矿业企业
• 矿场kuàng chǎnga mine; pit
• 矿层kuàng céngore stratum; vein of ore
• 矿床kuàng chuáng(mineral) deposit
• 矿机kuàng jī(cryptocurrency) mining machine
• 矿水kuàng shuǐmineral water
• 矿灯kuàng dēngminer's lamp; mining light
• 矿藏kuàng cángmineral resources
• 矿车kuàng chēminer's cart; pit truck
• 矿难kuàng nànmining disaster
• 矿体kuàng tǐore body (geology)
• 矿务局kuàng wù júmining affairs bureau
• 矿油精kuàng yóu jīngmineral spirits

Words containing 矿

• 铜矿tóng kuàngcopper mine; copper ore
• 煤矿méi kuàngcoal mine; coal seam
• 金矿jīn kuànggold mine; gold ore
• 采矿cǎi kuàngmining
• 铁矿石tiě kuàng shíiron ore
• 铁矿tiě kuàngiron ore; iron ore mine
• 人矿rén kuàng(neologism, attested by 2023) (slang) the Chinese people, seen as a resource that is…
• 富矿fù kuànghigh-grade ore
• 工矿gōng kuàngindustry and mining
• 厂矿chǎng kuàngfactories and mines
• 探矿tàn kuàngto prospect; to dig for coal or minerals
• 精矿jīng kuàngrefined ore; concentrate
• 贫矿pín kuànglow grade ore
• 开矿kāi kuàngto mine; to open a seam
• 采矿业cǎi kuàng yèmining
• 探矿者tàn kuàng zhěprospector; person exploring for minerals
• 采矿场cǎi kuàng chǎngmining area
• 黄铁矿huáng tiě kuàngpyrite
• 工矿用地gōng kuàng yòng dìindustrial and mining area
• 磁铁矿cí tiě kuàngmagnetite Fe3O4
• 尾矿wěi kuàngmining waste; waste remaining after processing ore; tailings
• 尾矿库wěi kuàng kùslag heap; dump of mining waste
• 峰峰矿区Fēng fēng Kuàng qūFengfeng Mining District, a district of Handan City 邯郸市
• 赤铁矿chì tiě kuànghematite (red iron ore); ferric oxide Fe2O3

Characters built on 广

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

• 床chuángbed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on); bed…
• 庄zhuāngfarmstead; village; manor
• 旷kuàngto neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)
• 犷guǎngrough; uncouth; boorish
• 邝Kuàngsurname Kuang
• 圹kuàngtomb

Characters that look like 矿

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

• 旷kuàngto neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)

Sounds the same

Read kuàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 况moreover; situation
• 框frame (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework
• 旷to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)
• 眶(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng
• 贶to bestow; to confer
• 圹tomb
• 絖fine floss-silk or cotton
• 纩fine floss-silk or cotton
• 卝classical variant of 矿
• 邝surname Kuang
• 丱old variant of 矿
• 爌old variant of 旷; bright and spacious