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铅
鈆
qiān
1. old variant of [[鉛|铅<qiān>]]
Common • Top 17%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

铅
qiān
lead
HSK 2 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

铅锤
qiānchuí
bob of a plumbline
铅球
qiānqiú
shot put (athletics event)
铅矿
qiānkuàng
lead ore
铅笔
qiānbǐ
(lead) pencil
HSK 2
灌铅
guànqiān
to weight sth with lead
铅箔
qiānbó
lead foil
铅字
qiānzì
type
锡铅
xīqiān
pewter (tin alloy)
铅带
qiāndài
weight belt
铅条
qiāntiáo
strip of lead
铅笔盒
qiānbǐhé
pencil case
铅管工
qiānguǎngōng
plumber
方铅矿
fāngqiānkuàng
galena
铅垂线
qiānchuíxiàn
plumbline
铅笔刀
qiānbǐdāo
pencil sharpener
削铅笔机
xiāoqiānbǐjī
pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)
自动铅笔
zìdòngqiānbǐ
mechanical pencil
铅酸蓄电池
qiānsuānxùdiànchí
lead-acid accumulator
铅活字印刷机
qiānhuózìyìnshuājī
lead typesetting machine
四乙基铅中毒
sìyǐjīqiānzhōngdú
tetraethyl lead poisoning

Alternate Entries

铅
qiān
lead (chemistry)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
2,640
Word Frequency Rank
14,063 of 84,292

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