錫

See also: 锡

錫 U+932B, 錫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-932B ← 錪 [U+932A] CJK Unified Ideographs 錬 → [U+932C]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𡃶

References

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

Chinese

trad.		錫
simp.		锡
2nd round simp.		钖
alternative forms		㒪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 錫
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (易) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
賜	*sleːɡs
儩	*sleɡs
舓	*ɦljeʔ
易	*leːɡs, *leɡ
敡	*leɡs
鬄	*sljeɡ
睗	*hljeɡ
晹	*hljeɡ
痬	*leɡ
蜴	*leɡ
埸	*leɡ
逷	*l̥ʰeːɡ
剔	*l̥ʰeːɡ
踢	*tʰeːɡ
惕	*l̥ʰeːɡ
錫	*sleːɡ
裼	*sleːɡ
緆	*sleːɡ

Etymology 1

Chemical element
Sn
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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek³, sek⁶, sik³, sik¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siak / sit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiag⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): xieh⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): sék
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): siah / siak / sek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siah⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁴xiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek³, sek⁶, sik³, sik¹
    • Yale: sek, sehk, sik, sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁸, sek⁹, sik⁸, sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség³, ség⁶, xig³, xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚³/, /sɛːk̚²/, /sɪk̚³/, /sɪk̚⁵/

Note:

• sek3, sek6 - vernacular;
• sik3, sik1 - literary (rare).

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siak / sit
  • Hakka Romanization System: xiag` / xid`
  • Hagfa Pinyim: xiag⁵ / xid⁵
  • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯ak̚²/, /ɕit̚²/
• (Meixian)
  • Guangdong: xiag⁵
  • Sinological IPA: /ɕiak̚¹/

Note:

• siak - vernacular;
• sit - literary.

Jin

• (Taiyuan)⁺
  • Wiktionary: xieh⁴
  • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ²/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah
  • Tâi-lô: siah
  • Phofsit Daibuun: siaq
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʔ⁵/
  • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʔ³²/
• (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
  • Tâi-lô: siak
  • Phofsit Daibuun: siag
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵/
• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
  • Tâi-lô: sik
  • Phofsit Daibuun: seg
  • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²/

Note:

• siah - vernacular;
• siak/sek - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: siah⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siah
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaʔ²/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ⁴xiq
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /sek̚/

Rime
Character	錫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	先擊切
Baxter	sek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/sek̚/
Wang Li	/siek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.lˤek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sleːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	錫
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ sek ›
Old Chinese	/*s.lˁek/
English	tin
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	錫
Reading #	1/1
No.	15042
Phonetic component	易
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	錫
Old Chinese	/*sleːɡ/

Definitions

錫

1. tin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 錫 (“tin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		錫
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錫
Mandarin	Beijing	錫, 錫鑞
	Taiwan	錫
	Jinan	錫
	Xi'an	錫, 白鐵
	Wuhan	錫
	Chengdu	錫
	Yangzhou	錫
	Hefei	錫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錫
	Hong Kong	錫
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	錫
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	錫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	錫
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	錫
	Macau	錫
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錫
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	錫
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錫
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錫
	Foshan	錫
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錫
	Foshan (Shunde)	錫
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錫
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錫
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錫
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	錫
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	錫
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錫
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錫
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錫
	Taishan	錫
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錫
	Enping (Niujiang)	錫
	Heshan (Yayao)	錫
	Dongguan	錫
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	錫
	Yangjiang	錫
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	錫
Gan	Nanchang	錫
Hakka	Meixian	錫
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	錫
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錫
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錫
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	錫
	Conghua (Lütian)	錫
	Hong Kong	錫
	Senai (Huiyang)	錫
Jin	Taiyuan	錫
Min Bei	Jian'ou	錫
Min Dong	Fuzhou	錫
Min Nan	Xiamen	錫
	Chaozhou	錫
	Bangkok (Teochew)	錫
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	錫
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	錫
Wu	Suzhou	錫
	Wenzhou	錫
Xiang	Changsha	錫
	Shuangfeng	錫

Compounds

• 來比錫／来比锡
• 歹銅舊錫／歹铜旧锡 (pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah) (Min Nan)
• 焊錫／焊锡
• 無錫／无锡 (Wúxī)
• 邁錫尼城／迈锡尼城
• 銲錫／焊锡 (“solder”)
• 錫人／锡人 (xīrén)
• 錫伯族／锡伯族 (xībózú)
• 錫克教／锡克教 (xīkèjiào)
• 錫匠／锡匠 (xījiàng)

• 錫器／锡器 (xīqì)
• 錫奴／锡奴
• 錫婚／锡婚 (“tin wedding anniversary”)
• 錫安／锡安 (Xī'ān)
• 錫安主義／锡安主义 (Xī'ān-zhǔyì)
• 錫杖／锡杖 (xīzhàng)
• 錫林郭勒／锡林郭勒 (Xīlínguōlè)
• 錫焊／锡焊
• 錫石／锡石 (xīshí)
• 錫礦／锡矿 (xīkuàng)

• 錫礦山／锡矿山
• 錫箔／锡箔 (xībó)
• 錫箔紙／锡箔纸
• 錫紙／锡纸 (xīzhǐ)
• 錫蘭／锡兰 (xīlán, “Ceylon (Sri Lanka)”)
• 錫衣／锡衣
• 錫金／锡金 (Xījīn, “Sikkim”)
• 錫鑞／锡镴 (xīla)
• 鍍錫鐵／镀锡铁
• 飛錫／飞锡

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-lˤek/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	錫
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ sek ›
Old Chinese	/*s-lˁek/
English	give
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

錫

1. ^† Alternative form of 賜／赐 (“to bestow; to confer”).

   • 孝子不匱，永錫爾類。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孝子不匮，永锡尔类。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xiàozǐ bù kuì, yǒng xī ěr lèi. [Pinyin]

     For such filial piety, without ceasing,
     There will ever be conferred blessing on you.

Compounds

• 九錫／九锡 (jiǔxī)
• 寵錫／宠锡

• 永錫不匱／永锡不匮
• 錫命／锡命

• 錫賚／锡赉

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek³
    • Yale: sek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚³/

Definitions

錫

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 惜 (sek3, “to cherish; to kiss”).

Compounds

• 愛錫／爱锡
• 攬攬錫錫／揽揽锡锡

• 錫嘴／锡嘴
• 錫身／锡身

• 錫錫／锡锡

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, 錫)

Compounds

Compounds

• 塩化錫(えんかすず) (enkasuzu)
• 挂錫(かしゃく) (kashaku), 掛錫(かしゃく) (kashaku), 挂錫(けしゃく) (keshaku), 掛錫(けしゃく) (keshaku)
• 砂錫(さすず) (sasuzu)
• 錫紵(しゃくじょ) (shakujo), 錫紵(しゃくちょ) (shakucho)
• 錫杖(しゃくじょう) (shakujō), 錫杖(さくじょう) (sakujō): khakkhara; Buddhist monk's "sounding staff"
• 錫僧(しゃくそう) (shakusō)
• 錫(しゃく)を飛(と)ばす (shaku o tobasu)
• 巡錫(じゅんしゃく) (junshaku)
• 錫石(すずいし) (suzuishi): cassiterite
• 錫色(すずいろ) (suzuiro)
• 錫婚式(すずこんしき) (suzukonshiki): tin anniversary
• 錫師(すずし) (suzushi)
• 錫箔(すずはく) (suzuhaku): tinfoil
• 錫(すず)ペスト (suzupesuto): tin pest
• 駐錫(ちゅうしゃく) (chūshaku)
• 天錫(てんしゃく) (tenshaku)
• トリフェニル錫(すず) (torifenirusuzu)
• 飛錫(ひしゃく) (hishaku)
• 無錫(むしゃく) (Mushaku): Wuxi
• 野錫(やしゃく) (yashaku)
• 有機錫(ゆうきすず) (yūkisuzu)
• 流錫(りゅうしゃく) (ryūshaku)
• 留錫(りゅうしゃく) (ryūshaku)
• 硫錫鉱(りゅうしゃくこう) (ryūshakukō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
錫
すず Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) す​ず [súꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝzɨᵝ]

Noun

錫(スズ) • (suzu) 

1. tin, Sn

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
錫
しゃく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃ​く [sháꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

錫(しゃく) • (shaku) 

1. Short for 錫杖.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

錫: Hán Nôm readings: thiếc, tích, xích

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References

• Nom Foundation