The kanji 銅 (銅) primarily means "copper," a reddish-brown metallic element. It represents the metal itself and is often associated with its properties like conductivity and malleability.

・On-yomi (音読み): ドウ ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): あかがね (This reading is less common.)

⚫︎ 銅貨 (どうか) Translation: copper coin ⚫︎ 銅像 (どうぞう) Translation: bronze statue (made of copper alloy) ⚫︎ 銅線 (どうせん) Translation: copper wire

The kanji 銅 (銅) is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is 金 (きん), which means "metal." The right side is 同 (どう), which means "same" or "together" and acts as a phonetic component, indicating the sound of the character. Therefore, 銅 visually suggests "metal" + "same sound," hinting at a metal (copper) that is often found together with other metals in ores. This combination also suggests the homogeneity and shared properties characteristic of the metal copper.