銅

どう · dou · JLPT N2 · noun

copper

🪙 金 (metal radical) + 同 (dou, the sound part) = 銅, a metal

The 金 part marks it as a metal. The 同 part gives the reading dou, the same sound as 同 meaning 'same'. Many coins are made of copper.

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