矿 (kuàng): mine, ore
矿 (kuàng) is a Chinese character meaning “mine, ore.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 石 (semantic) and 广 (phonetic). It ranks #1377 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 矿 mineral. 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
- mine, ore
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 矿
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矿工noun | kuàng gōng | miner |
| 金矿noun | jīn kuàng | gold mine |
| 矿井noun | kuàng jǐng | a mine |
| 煤矿noun | méi kuàng | coal mine |
| 矿石noun | kuàng shí | ore |
| 矿物noun | kuàng wù | mineral |
| 矿物质noun | kuàng wù zhì | mineral, esp. dietary mineral |
| 采矿verb | cǎi kuàng | mining |
| 矿山noun | kuàng shān | mine |
| 矿坑noun | kuàng kēng | mine |
| 矿泉noun | kuàng quán | mineral spring |
| 矿产noun | kuàng chǎn | minerals |
| 矿区noun | kuàng qū | mining site |
| 矿业noun | kuàng yè | mining industry |
| 铁矿noun | tiě kuàng | iron ore |
矿 appears in 76 compound words: 43 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 18 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 矿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个矿场已经开采了二十年，资源逐渐枯竭。
Zhè gè kuàngchǎng yǐjīng kāicǎi le èrshí nián, zīyuán zhújiàn kūjié.
This mine has been operating for twenty years, and resources are gradually depleting.
五矿证券成牛市券商“掉队生”:去年净利腰斩、...
wǔ kuàng zhèng quàn chéng niú shì quàn shāng diào duì shēng : qù nián jìng lì yāo zhǎn , . . .
Minmetals Securities has become a bull market brokerage "laggard": last year's net profit was cut in half、...
...首超美国,四款大模型霸榜全球前五;多家锂矿企业回应,预计津巴布韦锂矿出口有望在一个...
. . . shǒu chāo měi guó , sì kuǎn dà mó xíng bà bǎng quán qiú qián wǔ ; duō jiā 锂 kuàng qǐ yè huí yīng , yù jì jīn bā bù 韦 锂 kuàng chū kǒu yǒu wàng zài yī gè . . .
... surpassed the United States for the first time, and four large models dominated the top five in the world; A number of lithium mining companies responded that it is expected that Zimbabwe's lithium exports are expected to be in a...
...营收同比增长73% 津巴布韦暂停出口锂精矿和原矿
. . . yíng shōu tóng bǐ zēng cháng 7 3 jīn bā bù 韦 zàn tíng chū kǒu 锂 jīng kuàng hé yuán kuàng
... Revenue increased by 73% year-on-year Zimbabwe suspended exports of lithium concentrate and raw ore
索马利兰盼国际承认 愿意允美国运用矿产及军事基地
suǒ mǎ lì lán pàn guó jì chéng rèn yuàn yì yǔn měi guó yùn yòng kuàng chǎn jí jūn shì jī dì
Somaliland Seeks International Recognition, Willing to Allow U.S. Use of Mineral Resources and Military Bases
索马利兰官员:愿意允美国运用矿产及军事基地
suǒ mǎ lì lán guān yuán yuàn yì yǔn měi guó yùn yòng kuàng chǎn jí jūn shì jī dì
Somaliland Official: Willing to Allow U.S. to Utilize Mineral and Military Bases
那个国家拥有丰富的矿物资源。
Nàge guójiā yōngyǒu fēngfù de kuàngwù zīyuán.
That country is rich in mineral resources.
水、森林和矿物都是重要的天然资源。
Shuǐ, sēnlín hé kuàngwù dōu shì zhòngyào de tiānrán zīyuán.
Water, forests, and minerals are important natural resources.
加利福尼亚发现了金矿。
Jiālìfúníyà fāxiàn le jīnkuàng.
Gold had been discovered in California.
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.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 石 (mineral) component
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