錫

See also 锡, and 㒪

Translingual

Han character

錫 (radical 167 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金日心竹 (CAPH), four-corner 8612₇)

1. tin, stannum
2. bestow, confer

References

• KangXi: page 1312, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40573
• Dae Jaweon: page 1813, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4219, character 3
• Unihan data for U+932B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

錫 (simplified 锡, jyutping sek3, sik1, sik3, Yale sek3, sik1, sik3)

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Japanese

Kanji

錫 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. tin

Readings

• Go'on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan'on: せき (seki)
• Kun: すず (suzu)

Compounds

• 錫石 (すずいし, suzuishi): cassiterite, tin oxide
• 錫婚式 (すずこんしき, suzukonseki): tin wedding anniversary
• 錫製品 (すずせいひん, suzuseihin): tinware

References

JIS: 3C62 Kuten: 2866 Shift JIS: 8EE0 EUC-JP: BCE2 Frequency: 2095 Nelson: 4873

New Nelson: 6292 Halpern: not listed Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: 2764 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 8a8.7

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Noun

錫 (hiragana すず, romaji suzu)

1. tin, Sn

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Korean

Hanja

錫 (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune-Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

錫 (simplified 锡, pinyin xí (xi2), xī (xi1), tì (ti4), Wade-Giles hsi², hsi¹, ti⁴)

1. tin

Compounds

• 錫金 (Xī​jīn​): Sikkim, Indian state bordering Tibet
• 錫蘭 (Xī​lán): Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
• 錫婚 (xī​hūn): tin wedding anniversary
• 銲錫 (hàn​xī): solder

Noun

錫 (traditional, Pinyin xī, simplified 锡)

1. tin, Sn

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Middle Chinese

Han character

錫 (sek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

錫 (tích)