矽 — Chinese character
矽
xì
silicon
- Pinyin
- xì
- Radical
- 112 ⽯ (Stone)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 石 夕
- Formation
- pictophonetic — stone; meaning component 石; sound component 夕
Common words with 矽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矽胶 (矽膠) | xī jiāo | (Tw, HK) silica gel; (Tw, HK) silicone rubber |
| 矽藻 | xī zǎo | diatom |
| 矽肺 | xī fèi | see 矽肺病 (xī fèi bìng) |
| 矽肺病 | xī fèi bìng | silicosis |
| 矽利康 | xī lì kāng | (Tw) silicone (loanword) |
| 矽晶片 | xī jīng piàn | silicon chip; also written 硅晶片 (guī jīng piàn) |
| 矽橡胶 (矽橡膠) | xī xiàng jiāo | (Tw) silicone rubber |
| 矽片 | xī piàn | (Tw) silicon wafer |
| 矽铝层 (矽鋁層) | xī lǚ céng | Sial |
| 矽镁层 (矽鎂層) | xī měi céng | sima (geology); silicon and magnesium layer in earth's crust |
English words written with 矽
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.