Meanings
Readings
Common Words
copper (Cu)
ใฉใ only; Abbreviation
bronze (medal)
copper coin
bronze statue
bronze
gong; tam-tam
Food, cooking
dorayaki; dessert sandwich of two small sweet pancakes and red bean paste
Memory Mnemonics
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
The forger was a master; his fake gold leaf, secretly made from polished copper, looked exactly the same as the real thing.
My cheap dragon hoards copper coins, pretending theyโre gold. I think itโs all the same to him as long as itโs shiny.
In the video game, the texture for gold ore and copper ore is the same, just with a different color filter applied.
All that glitters isnโt gold; sometimes itโs just copper, which looks the same in the dim light of a goblinโs cave.
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