Chinese symbol for “tin”
锡
xī
Traditional: 錫
tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tin is 锡 (xī), defined as: tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2].
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罐头 (罐頭) | guàn tou | tin; can |
| 马口铁 (馬口鐵) | mǎ kǒu tiě | tinplate; tin (tin-coated steel) |
| 镴 (鑞) | là | solder; tin |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tin”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.