磁
magnet, porcelain
Readings
On'yomi
- ジ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
磁 centers on magnetic attraction and the material that exhibits it: a magnet. The porcelain sense is a specific application, referring to porcelain's historical association with magnetic properties or the material itself.
Most common words using 磁
20 of 206- 磁気じきN1
magnetism
- 電磁でんじ
electromagnetic
- 磁石じしゃくN2
magnet
- 電磁波でんじは
electromagnetic wave
- 磁場じば
magnetic field
- 陶磁器とうじき
ceramics; pottery and porcelain
- 磁器じきN1
porcelain; china; chinaware
- 磁力じりょく
magnetism; magnetic force
- 磁性じせい
magnetism
- 電磁気でんじき
electromagnetism
- 陶磁とうじ
clay
- 電磁場でんじば
electromagnetic field
- 白磁はくじ
white porcelain
- 磁界じかい
magnetic field
- 地磁気ちじき
geomagnetism; terrestrial magnetism
- 青磁せいじ
celadon porcelain
- 磁化じか
magnetization; magnetisation
- 磁気嵐じきあらし
magnetic storm
- 電磁石でんじしゃく
electromagnet
- 磁束じそく
magnetic flux
Study
Etymology
磁 combines 石 (stone) with 兹, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a type of stone with magnetic properties, later extended to porcelain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 石 is a stone, and the right side 兹 looks like a tangled magnetic field. Picture a lodestone, a naturally magnetic rock, with invisible lines of force swirling around it.
Reading mnemonic
For ジ, imagine a magnet shaped like the letter G attracting metal objects: G -> ジ, and the stone magnet pulls them in.