錫

See also: 锡

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		錫
simp.		锡
alternative forms		㒪

Chemical element
Sn
Previous: 銦／铟 (In)
Next: 銻／锑 (Sb)

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek³ / sik³ / sik¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siak / sit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiag⁵

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siah / siak / sek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siah⁴

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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 / sik³ / sik¹
    • Yale: sek / sik / sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁸ / sik⁸ / sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség³ / xig³ / xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚³/, /sɪk̚³/, /sɪk̚⁵/

Note:

• sek3 - vernacular;
• sik3, sik1 - literary.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siak / sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiag` / xid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiag⁵ / xid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯ak̚²/, /sit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /siak̚¹/

Note:

• siak - vernacular;
• sit - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah
    • Tâi-lô: siah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
    • Tâi-lô: siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
    • Tâi-lô: sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²/

Note:

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

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

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• Middle Chinese: sek

Rime
Character	錫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	錫 (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

(deprecated template usage) 錫

1. tin; stannum

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xí, cì, sì (xi¹, xi², ci⁴, si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ, ㄘˋ, ㄙˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/

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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

(deprecated template usage) 錫

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 賜／赐 (“to bestow; to confer”).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 錫 – see 惜 (“(Cantonese) to kiss; to cherish”). (This character is a variant form of 惜).

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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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, 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

Noun

錫(スズ) or 錫(すず) • (suzu) 

1. tin, Sn

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
錫
しゃく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

錫(しゃく) • (shaku) 

1. Short for 錫杖.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 錫 (thiếc, tích, xích)

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References

• Nom Foundation