Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

ore; mine

Chinese: 矿石、矿藏。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “kuang” becomes a different word in each tone. 矿 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral water
  • 铜矿tóng kuàngcopper mine; copper ore
  • 煤矿méi kuàngcoal mine; coal seam
  • 采矿cǎi kuàngmining
  • 矿藏kuàng cángmineral resources

Example Sentence

工人们在矿山里开采煤炭。Gōng rén men zài kuàng shān lǐ kāi cǎi méi tàn.The workers mine coal in the mountains.

工人Gōng rénworkermen(plural marker)zàiat矿山kuàng shānmineinside开采kāi cǎito exploit煤炭méi tàncoal