ㄒㄧ

xī

tin

錫 is a 16 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as xī in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as xí.

In simplified Chinese the character 锡 is used.

It is made up of the components 金 (money) and 易 (easy).

  • 錫
    ㄒㄧ

    xī

    tin

    • 金
      ㄐㄧㄣ

      jīn

      money

    • 易
      ㄧ ˋ

      yì

      easy

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I hammer the <tin> into a *flat* [shee]t. It's EASYer to bend than GOLD.
by vms5q

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 錫

xī
xí

Definitions for 錫 pronounced as xī

  • tin (chemistry)
  • to bestow
  • to confer
  • to grant
  • Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Definitions for 錫 pronounced as xí

Vocabulary

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