Pronunciation of copper

The pronunciation of bronze characters is tóng.

In ancient times, bronze characters were hieroglyphics, written like an ancient tripod, representing vessels made of metal. In ancient times, copper was a common metal element and was widely used to make various utensils and tools. So the original meaning of bronze characters also refers to vessels or tools made of copper.

With the development of Chinese characters, copper characters gradually evolved into simplified copper characters, losing the characteristics of hieroglyphics. Its root is samarium, which means it is a metal element. In terms of strokes, the bronze characters are 1 1 painting, and the stroke order is: left, horizontal, horizontal, vertical, vertical, horizontal hook, horizontal, vertical, horizontal folding and horizontal.

There are also some common words in bronze characters, such as copper sheet, copper tube, copper alloy and copper coin. , all related to copper. In ancient times, copper was also regarded as an auspicious thing and was often used to make ritual vessels and musical instruments.

Copper is an important metal element, which plays an indispensable role in human civilization and modern science and technology. Copper in traditional Chinese characters and copper in simplified Chinese characters both represent the importance and wide application of this metal.

The four-character idiom of copper:

1, bronze camel: describes the ruined city after the war. Bronze camels refer to camels cast in copper, while grass camels refer to weeds and miscellaneous trees. This idiom comes from Biography of Suo Jing in the Book of Jin. Suo Jing predicted the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty after observing that the bronze camel in front of Luoyang capital was submerged by weeds. Therefore, this idiom is often used to indicate that great changes have taken place in the world and prosperity is no longer there.

2. An iron wall is an idiom in China, which means strong defense, such as an iron wall. This idiom itself is a coordinate structure, and the front and back metaphors are interlocking. This idiom originated from the third fold of Xie Jinwu, an anonymous writer in Yuan Dynasty: You are an iron wall, but you are not afraid of it.

3, Tongshan Iron Wall, China idiom, describes a strong force and a tight defense. This idiom first came from the Han book "Biography of Wang Mang": In the north of Ling Du County, when the customs was in charge, the valley was scarce and the metal was dead. If you want to move to the county seat, you will seek better land. 10 years old, you will get ten times the return, and your name is good. The nonmetal inside later evolved into the idiom "iron wall". This idiom is often used to describe a thing or situation that is very solid and unbreakable.