guō

埚

Character · Bound morphemeTraditional堝

crucible; melting pot

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

bound morpheme

crucible (container for melting metals)

technical

This character is almost never used alone. It appears exclusively in the compound word "坩埚" (gānguō).

Shí实
yàn验
shì室
lǐ里
xū需
yào要
yòng用
dào到
gān坩
guō埚
lái来
jiā加
rè热
jīn金
shǔ属
 。

Crucibles are needed in the laboratory to heat metals.

Jīn金
jiàng匠
jiāng将
huáng黄
jīn金
fàng放
rù入
gān坩
guō埚
zhōng中
róng熔
huà化
 。

The goldsmith placed the gold into a crucible to melt it.

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Zhè这
ge个
cí词
tiáo条
zhǐ指
xiàng向
 "
gān坩
guō埚
 "
yī一
cí词
 。

This entry refers to the word "crucible".