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錫
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
锡
🇨🇳

tin

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Minerals
xī
セキ、シャク
すず、たま.う
석
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (錫)
釒 kangxi+ 易 easy =
錫 tin
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
釒 is a component form of 金.
易 Phonetic component
yì easy
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Simplified (锡)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 易 easy =
锡 tin
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
钅 is a component form of 金.
易 Phonetic component
yì easy
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Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
錫
Regular
Modern
Chinese
锡 / 錫 [xī]
tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xí]
Japanese
錫 すず 、 スズ 同音
noun usually kana tin (Sn)
錫 しゃく 同音
noun abbrev. bishop's staff; khakkhara
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
この鉄の板はすずでメッキしてある。
This iron sheet is coated with tin.
Japanese Names
錫 しゃく
Shaku given name
錫 すずき
Suzuki surname
錫 せき
Seki surname
錫 たまう
Tamau given name
CHINESE WORDS (52)
无锡 [Wú​xī] #7,040
Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu
无锡市 [Wú​xī​shì] #18,891
Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu
锡安 [Xī​'ān] #23,541
Zion
锡箔 [xī​bó] #26,207
tinfoil
锡兰 [Xī​lán] #46,395
Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
阎锡山 [Yán​Xī​shān] #34,261
Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
莱比锡 [Lái​bǐ​xī] #56,198
Leipzig, city in the state of Saxony, Germany
麦肯锡 [Mài​kěn​xī] #41,704
MacKenzie
刘禹锡 [Liú​Yǔ​xī] #43,696
Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
锡矿 [xī​kuàng] #63,746
tin ore
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JAPANESE WORDS (16)
錫杖 [しゃくじょう] #30,842
khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks)
錫箔 [すずはく] #180,050
tin foil
錫蘭 [セイロン] #214,204
Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
巡錫 [じゅんしゃく] #226,271
preaching tour
錫石 [すずいし] #268,891
cassiterite
すずの兵隊 [すずのへいたい] #276,183
tin soldier
錫婚式 [すずこんしき]
tin wedding (anniversary)
塩化錫 [えんかすず]
tin chloride
脱錫 [だっしゃく]
detinning
褐錫鉱 [かっしゃくこう]
stannoidite
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