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Kanji Detail for 磁 - "magnet, porcelain, magnetic"
磁
- Meaning
磁 means "magnet, porcelain, magnetic."
Magnet - A material that attracts iron.
Porcelain - Fine ceramic ware; china.
Magnetic - Having attractive force.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
magnet; porcelain
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
magnetic; porcelain
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
磁石 (magnetite). Colloquially called 吸鐵石 (magnet). A type of mineral. Contains magnetic force inside. Made into a needle, it constantly points north-south. Hence compasses often use it. Using a steel needle rubbed with magnetite has the same function. | Colloquially borrowed as the character 瓷 for ceramics.
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