磁 (cí): magnetic
磁 (cí) is a Chinese character meaning “magnetic.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 石 (semantic) and 兹 (phonetic). It ranks #1754 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 磁 stone. Its radical form 石 (stone) appears in many related characters such as 确 (què, certain, true), 碗 (wǎn, bowl), 碰 (pèng, to touch, to bump).
Definitions
- magnetic
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磁带noun | cí dài | magnetic tape |
| 核磁共振noun | hé cí gòng zhèn | nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) |
| 电磁noun | diàn cí | electromagnetism |
| 磁场noun | cí chǎng | magnetic field |
| 磁铁noun | cí tiě | magnet |
| 磁性noun | cí xìng | magnetic |
| 电磁场noun | diàn cí chǎng | electromagnetic fields |
| 磁盘noun | cí pán | (computer) disk |
| 磁力noun | cí lì | magnetic force |
| 磁碟noun | cí dié | (magnetic) computer disk (hard disk or floppy) |
| 电磁波noun | diàn cí bō | electromagnetic wave |
| 磁石noun | cí shí | magnet |
| 磁共振 | cí gòng zhèn | magnetic resonance |
| 磁卡noun | cí kǎ | magnetic card |
| 地磁adjective | dì cí | Earth's magnetic field |
磁 appears in 92 compound words: 53 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 34 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 磁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这个硬盘是磁存储设备，需要远离强磁场。
Zhè gè yìngpán shì cí cúnchǔ shèbèi, xūyào yuǎnlí qiáng cíchǎng.
This hard drive is a magnetic storage device and needs to be kept away from strong magnetic fields.
港股异动 | 金力永磁(06680)跌超9% 国内稀土价格整体...
gǎng gǔ yì dòng jīn lì yǒng cí ( 0 6 6 8 0 ) diē chāo 9 guó nèi xī tǔ jià gé zhěng tǐ . . .
Hong Kong stock changes | Jinli Permanent Magnet (06680) fell more than 9% Domestic rare earth prices as a whole...
...e 16 笔记本内胆包:可选 15W 双磁吸无线充电版,89.99 欧元起
. . . e 1 6 bǐ jì běn nèi dǎn bāo : kě xuǎn 1 5 W shuāng cí xī wú xiàn chōng diàn bǎn , 8 9 . 9 9 ōu yuán qǐ
... e 16 notebook sleeve bag: optional 15W dual magnetic wireless charging version, from 89.99 euros
...00亿美元的AI芯片,马斯克设想从月球电磁弹射AI卫星-FX168
. . . yì měi yuán de xīn piàn , mǎ sī kè shè xiǎng cóng yuè qiú diàn cí dàn shè wèi xīng
[Translation pending - quota exceeded]
马斯克设想从月球电磁弹射 AI 卫星,计划两三年内实现在太空...
mǎ sī kè shè xiǎng cóng yuè qiú diàn cí dàn shè A I wèi xīng , jì huá liǎng sān nián nèi shí xiàn zài tài kōng . . .
Musk envisions launching AI satellites from the moon electromagnetically and plans to achieve them in space within two or three years...
...OS 26.3 Tahoe 无法挂载外接磁盘
. . . . wú fǎ guà zài wài jiē cí pán
OS 26.3 Tahoe cannot mount external disks.
你需要多少块儿磁砖？
Nǐ xūyào duōshao kuài r cí zhuān?
How many tiles do you need?
他把他的那段话从磁带里删除了。
Tā bǎ tā de nèi duàn huà cóng cídài lǐ shānchú le.
He erased his speech from the tape.
基顿把磁铁放在他的鸽子的头上。
Jī dùn bǎ cítiě fàng zài tā de gēzi de tóushàng.
Keeton put magnets on the heads of his pigeons.
电流可以产生磁性。
Diànliú kěyǐ chǎnshēng cíxìng.
An electric current can generate magnetism.
Character Family
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