锡
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tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,426 U+9521
How 锡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 易 (phonetic, yì)
How to remember it
tin · Heisig RSH #2132
metal + 易 easy
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 易
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 易 (yì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 易 sound component | yì | to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy |
| 赐 | cì | to give; to bestow a favor; to appoint |
| 踢 | tī | to kick |
| 剔 | tī | to pick out; to scrape off; picky |
| 惕 | tì | cautious, careful, alert |
| 蜴 | yì | lizard |
| 埸 | yì | border, limit, frontier; dike |
Words containing 锡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 察布查尔锡伯自治县 | Chá bù chá ěr Xī bó Zì zhì xiàn | Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County, in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 l… |
| 锡山区 | Xī shān Qū | Xishan, a district of Wuxi City 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 无锡市 | Wú xī Shì | Wuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3] |
| 马中锡 | Mǎ Zhōng xī | Ma Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable The Wolf of Zhongshan 中山狼傳|中山狼传[Z… |
| 锡安山 | Xī ān shān | Mount Zion |
| 麦卡锡主义 | Mài kǎ xī zhǔ yì | McCarthyism |
| 锡霍特·阿林山脉 | Xī huò tè · Ā lín shān mài | Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island |
| 洛锡安区 | Luò Xī ān qū | Lothian, Scottish region around Edinburgh |
| 锡尔河 | Xī ěr Hé | Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Ara… |
| 锡霍特·阿林 | Xī huò tè · Ā lín | Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island |
| 锡克教 | Xī kè jiào | Sikhism |
| 锡当河 | Xī dāng Hé | Sittang River of central Myanmar (Burma), between Irrawaddy and Salween rivers |
| 拉瓦锡 | Lā wǎ xī | Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of mod… |
| 锡伯族 | Xī bó zú | Xibe ethnic group |
| 锡拉库萨 | Xī lā kù sà | Syracuse, Sicily |
| 锡嘴雀 | xī zuǐ què | (bird species of China) hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) |
| 锡霍特山脉 | Xī huò tè shān mài | Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island |
| 金银铜铁锡 | jīn yín tóng tiě xī | the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin |
| 锡山 | Xī shān | see 錫山區|锡山区[Xi1 shan1 Qu1] |
| 无锡 | Wú xī | see 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 Shi4] |