锡 — Chinese character
锡
xī
tin; to bestow, to confer
- Pinyin
- xī
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 钅 易
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 易
- Traditional
- 錫
Common words with 锡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锡矿 (錫礦) | xī kuàng | tin ore |
| 锡箔 (錫箔) | xī bó | tinfoil |
| 锡纸 (錫紙) | xī zhǐ | tinfoil |
| 锡剧 (錫劇) | xī jù | Wuxi opera (which developed in the area around Wuxi 无锡 (Wú xī)) |
| 锡杖 (錫杖) | xī zhàng | (Buddhism) khakkhara; staff topped with metal rings, traditionally carried by Buddhist monks |
| 焊锡 (焊錫) | hàn xī | solder |
| 锡石 (錫石) | xī shí | tin oxide SnO2; cassiterite |
| 锡箔纸 (錫箔紙) | xī bó zhǐ | aluminum foil; 张 (zhāng) |
| 锡嘴雀 (錫嘴雀) | xī zuǐ què | (bird species of China) hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) |
| 锡婚 (錫婚) | xī hūn | tin anniversary; aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary) |
| 锡蜡 (錫蠟) | xī là | pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) |
| 锡铅 (錫鉛) | xī qiān | pewter (tin alloy) |
English words written with 锡
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.