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锡 xī tin

How to remember 锡: 钅 gold + 易 easy = tin. The boy thinks finding gold in the old mine will be easy, but all he digs up is a lump of tin.

  • HSK 9
  • 13 strokes
  • Radical 钅

Component breakdown

锡 = 钅 gold + 易 easy

  • 钅 gold
  • 易 easy
    • 日 sun
    • 勿 don’t
The Gushi story

The boy thinks finding gold in the old mine will be easy, but all he digs up is a lump of tin.

How it is used

  • The metal tin: 锡纸 (xīzhǐ) tinfoil/aluminum foil (for cooking), 锡箔 (xībó) tinfoil.
  • 焊锡 (hànxī) solder - the tin used to join circuits.
  • Also a place name element, as in the city 无锡 (Wúxī); the archaic 'bestow' sense is dead in modern usage.

Words with 锡