磁
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cí · magnetic

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14Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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石Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 磁

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cíWords pronounced cí
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Example sentences

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Tā bǎ tā de nà duàn huà cóng cí dài lǐ shān chú le.他把他的那段话从磁带里删除了。

He erased his speech from the tape.

Source: Tatoeba #335087 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Cí chǎng shì kàn bú jiàn de.磁场是看不见的。

Magnetic fields are invisible.

Source: Tatoeba #9475779 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Diàn liú kě yǐ chǎn shēng cí xìng.電流可以產生磁性。

An electric current can generate magnetism.

Source: Tatoeba #796023 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhège cí dài lù yīn jī bú shì xīn de.这个磁带录音机不是新的。

This tape recorder is not new.

Source: Tatoeba #796870 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jī dùn bǎ cí tiě fàng zài tā de gē zǐ de tóu shàng.基頓把磁鐵放在他的鴿子的頭上。

Keeton put magnets on the heads of his pigeons.

Source: Tatoeba #780228 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ xū yào duō shǎo kuài ér cí zhuān?你需要多少塊兒磁磚?

How many tiles do you need?

Source: Tatoeba #10531108 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 磁 in context

  1. Say cí, then recall the core meaning: magnetic.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 磁带 (cí dài), meaning “magnetic tape”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 磁 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.