錫
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See also: 锡
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Translingual
Han character
錫 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金日心竹 (CAPH), four-corner 86127, composition ⿰釒易)
Derived characters
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
Chinese
| trad. | 錫 | |
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| simp. | 锡 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 钖 | |
| alternative forms | 鍚／钖 㒪 | |
Glyph origin
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| 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 |
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Etymology 1
| Chemical element | |
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| Previous: 銦／铟 (yīn) (In) | |
| Next: 銻／锑 (tī) (Sb) | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sek3 / sek6 / sik3 / sik1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): xieh4
- Eastern Min (BUC): sék
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sia5 / sah6 / sih6
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7shiq
- Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): xi6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sí
- Wade–Giles: hsi2
- Yale: syí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sek3 / sek6 / sik3 / sik1
- Yale: sek / sehk / sik / sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sek8 / sek9 / sik8 / sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: ség3 / ség6 / xig3 / xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛːk̚³/, /sɛːk̚²/, /sɪk̚³/, /sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note:
- sek3, sek6 - vernacular;
- sik3, sik1 - literary (rare).
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siak / sit
- Hakka Romanization System: xiagˋ / xidˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xiag5 / xid5
- Sinological IPA: /si̯ak̚²/, /sit̚²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Note:
- siak - vernacular;
- sit - literary.
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xieh4
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sia5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬia²¹/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sah6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬaʔ¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sah6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬaʔ²/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sih6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiʔ¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sih6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiʔ²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
Note:
- sia5 - vernacular;
- sah6 - vernacular (limited, e.g. 錫杖);
- sih6 - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- (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.
- Middle Chinese: sek
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.lˤek/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sleːɡ/
Definitions
錫
Synonyms
Compounds
- 來比錫 / 来比锡
- 歹銅舊錫 / 歹铜旧锡 (pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah) (Min Nan)
- 焊錫 / 焊锡
- 無錫 / 无锡 (Wúxī)
- 邁錫尼城 / 迈锡尼城
- 銲錫 / 焊锡 (“solder”)
- 錫人 / 锡人 (xīrén)
- 錫伯族 / 锡伯族 (xībózú)
- 錫克教 / 锡克教 (xīkèjiào)
- 錫匠 / 锡匠 (xījiàng)
- 錫器 / 锡器 (xīqì)
- 錫奴 / 锡奴
- 錫婚 / 锡婚 (“tin wedding anniversary”)
- 錫安 / 锡安 (Xī'ān)
- 錫安主義 / 锡安主义 (Xī'ān-zhǔyì)
- 錫杖 / 锡杖 (xīzhàng)
- 錫林郭勒 / 锡林郭勒 (xīlínguōlè)
- 錫焊 / 锡焊
- 錫石 / 锡石 (xīshí)
- 錫礦 / 锡矿 (xīkuàng)
- 錫礦山 / 锡矿山
- 錫箔 / 锡箔 (xībó)
- 錫箔紙 / 锡箔纸
- 錫紙 / 锡纸 (xīzhǐ)
- 錫蘭 / 锡兰 (Xīlán, “Ceylon (Sri Lanka)”)
- 錫衣 / 锡衣
- 錫金 / 锡金 (Xījīn, “Sikkim”)
- 錫鑞 / 锡镴
- 鍍錫鐵 / 镀锡铁
- 飛錫 / 飞锡
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sí
- Wade–Giles: hsi2
- Yale: syí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Definitions
錫
- † Alternative form of 賜 / 赐 (“to bestow; to confer”)
- 孝子不匱，永錫爾類。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Xiàozǐ bù kuì, yǒng xī ěr lèi.
- For such filial piety, without ceasing,
There will ever be conferred blessing on you.
孝子不匮，永锡尔类。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sek3
- Yale: sek
- Cantonese Pinyin: sek8
- Guangdong Romanization: ség3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
錫
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
錫
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 塩化錫 (enkasuzu)
- 挂錫 (kashaku), 掛錫 (kashaku), 挂錫 (keshaku), 掛錫 (keshaku)
- 砂錫 (sasuzu)
- 錫紵 (shakujo), 錫紵 (shakucho)
- 錫杖 (shakujō), 錫杖 (sakujō): khakkhara; Buddhist monk's "sounding staff"
- 錫僧 (shakusō)
- 錫を飛ばす (shaku o tobasu)
- 巡錫 (junshaku)
- 錫石 (suzuishi): cassiterite
- 錫色 (suzuiro)
- 錫婚式 (suzukonshiki): tin anniversary
- 錫師 (suzushi)
- 錫箔 (suzuhaku): tinfoil
- 錫ペスト (suzupesuto): tin pest
- 駐錫 (chūshaku)
- 天錫 (tenshaku)
- トリフェニル錫 (torifenirusuzu)
- 飛錫 (hishaku)
- 無錫 (Mushaku): Wuxi
- 野錫 (yashaku)
- 有機錫 (yūkisuzu)
- 流錫 (ryūshaku)
- 留錫 (ryūshaku)
- 硫錫鉱 (ryūshakukō)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 錫 |
| すず Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 錫 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 錫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 錫 |
| しゃく Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
- Short for 錫杖.
References
Korean
Hanja
錫 • (seok) (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune–Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
錫: Hán Nôm readings: thiếc, tích, xích
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