Chinese Character Wiki

锡

xī

tin

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound. Simplified form of 錫.

Components
钅 meaning component

钅  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

易 sound component

易  Sound component

yì

  

easy

Evolution

锡 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
锡 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
锡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
锡 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
锡 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
锡 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

锡 (錫) 

xī

tin, stannum; bestow, confer; tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xí]

Most common words with 锡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

锡

to bestow

无锡

Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu

无锡市

Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu

锡安

Zion

锡箔

tinfoil

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.4988% of movies

2324th most common character in movies

2058th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Traditional

錫

Unicode

U+9521


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