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Kotomora

磁

magnet, porcelain

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes14

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.

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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.