镁砂 měishā magnesia Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 镁 měi magnesium Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 美 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎂. Components 钅 钅 Meaning component jīn metal 钅 is a component form of 金. 美 美 Sound component měi beautiful Sources Readings & variants Unicode 砂 shā sand Components 石 石 Meaning component shí stone 少 少 SoundIconic component shǎo, shao, shào few Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangsraːlUnicodeshra Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 鎂 měi magnesium Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 美 represents the sound. Components 釒 釒 Meaning component jīn metal 釒 is a component form of 金. 美 美 Sound component měi beautiful Sources Readings & variants Unicode