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magnet

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

ci2

Meaning


Primary

magnet

Alternatives

magnetism, magnetic, magnets

Mnemonic


[c-] Casper is [2] inside the living room of the [-_] house where he is trying to create a 磁 magnet. He puts a 石 stone on the coffee table and then puts a special ghost 兹 butterfly on top of it. Sure enough, the 石 stone turns into a 磁 magnet that attracts some pieces of metal toward it from the other side of the coffee table.