錫

See also: 锡

錫	U+932B, 錫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-932B

← 錪
[U+932A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

錬 →
[U+932C]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

錫 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金日心竹 (CAPH), four-corner 8612₇, composition ⿰釒易)

Derived characters[edit]

𡃶

References[edit]

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[edit]

trad.		錫
simp.		锡
2nd round simp.		钖
alternative forms		㒪

Wikipedia has articles on:

錫 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
錫 (Cantonese)
錫 (Classical)
siak (Hakka)
sék (Eastern Min)
siah (Southern Min)
錫 (Wu)

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 錫
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

Characters in the same phonetic series (易) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
賜	*sleːɡs
儩	*sleɡs
舓	*ɦljeʔ
易	leːɡs, leɡ
敡	*leɡs
鬄	*sljeɡ
睗	*hljeɡ
晹	*hljeɡ
痬	*leɡ
蜴	*leɡ
埸	*leɡ
逷	*l̥ʰeːɡ
剔	*l̥ʰeːɡ
踢	*tʰeːɡ
惕	*l̥ʰeːɡ
錫	*sleːɡ
裼	*sleːɡ
緆	*sleːɡ

Etymology 1[edit]

Chemical element
Sn
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Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī, xí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek³, sek⁶, sik³, sik¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siak / sit

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiag⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): xieh⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): sék
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siah / siak / sek

(Teochew, Peng'im): siah⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷shiq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - 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: xí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sí
  - Wade–Giles: hsi²
  - Yale: syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
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/

Note:

sek3, sek6 - vernacular;
sik3, sik1 - literary (rare).

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siak / sit
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiag` / xid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiag⁵ / xid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯ak̚²/, /sit̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /siak̚¹/

Note:

siak - vernacular;
sit - literary.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah
  - Tâi-lô: siah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siaʔ⁵/
- (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.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: siah⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siah
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaʔ²/

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷shiq
  - MiniDict: shih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sek

Rime
Character	錫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	先擊切
Baxter	sek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/sek̚/
Wang Li	/siek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.lˤek/

(Zhengzhang): /*sleːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	錫
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ sek ›
Old Chinese	/*s.lˁek/
English	tin
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	錫
Reading #	1/1
No.	15042
Phonetic component	易
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	錫
Old Chinese	/*sleːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

錫

tin

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 錫 (“tin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		錫
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錫
Mandarin	Beijing	錫, 錫鑞
	Taiwan	錫
	Jinan	錫
	Xi'an	錫, 白鐵
	Wuhan	錫
	Chengdu	錫
	Yangzhou	錫
	Hefei	錫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錫
	Hong Kong	錫
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	錫
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	錫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	錫
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	錫
	Macau	錫
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錫
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	錫
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錫
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錫
	Foshan	錫
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錫
	Foshan (Shunde)	錫
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錫
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錫
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錫
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	錫
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	錫
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錫
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錫
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錫
	Taishan	錫
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錫
	Enping (Niujiang)	錫
	Heshan (Yayao)	錫
	Dongguan	錫
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	錫
	Yangjiang	錫
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	錫
Gan	Nanchang	錫
Hakka	Meixian	錫
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	錫
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錫
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錫
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	錫
	Conghua (Lütian)	錫
	Hong Kong	錫
	Senai (Huiyang)	錫
Jin	Taiyuan	錫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	錫
Southern Min	Xiamen	錫
	Chaozhou	錫
	Bangkok (Teochew)	錫
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	錫
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	錫
Wu	Suzhou	錫
Wu	Wenzhou	錫
Xiang	Changsha	錫
Xiang	Shuangfeng	錫

Compounds[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī, xí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - 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: xí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sí
  - Wade–Giles: hsi²
  - Yale: syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-lˤek/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	錫
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ sek ›
Old Chinese	/*s-lˁek/
English	give
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions[edit]

錫

^† Alternative form of 賜／赐 (“to bestow; to confer”)
- 孝子不匱，永錫爾類。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  孝子不匮，永锡尔类。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Xiàozǐ bù kuì, yǒng xī ěr lèi. [Pinyin]
  For such filial piety, without ceasing,
  There will ever be conferred blessing on you.

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Cantonese (Jyutping): sek³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek³
  - Yale: sek
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚³/

Definitions[edit]

錫

(Cantonese) Alternative form of 惜 (sek3, “to cherish; to kiss”)

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

錫

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

tin

Readings[edit]

Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
Kan-on: せき (seki)
Kun: すず (suzu, 錫)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

塩化錫(えんかすず) (enkasuzu)
挂錫(かしゃく) (kashaku), 掛錫(かしゃく) (kashaku), 挂錫(けしゃく) (keshaku), 掛錫(けしゃく) (keshaku)
砂錫(さすず) (sasuzu)
錫紵(しゃくじょ) (shakujo), 錫紵(しゃくちょ) (shakucho)
錫杖(しゃくじょう) (shakujō), 錫杖(さくじょう) (sakujō): khakkhara; Buddhist monk's "sounding staff"
錫僧(しゃくそう) (shakusō)
錫(しゃく)を飛(と)ばす (shaku o tobasu)
巡錫(じゅんしゃく) (junshaku)
錫石(すずいし) (suzuishi): cassiterite
錫色(すずいろ) (suzuiro)
錫婚式(すずこんしき) (suzukonshiki): tin anniversary
錫師(すずし) (suzushi)
錫箔(すずはく) (suzuhaku): tinfoil
錫(すず)ペスト (suzupesuto): tin pest
駐錫(ちゅうしゃく) (chūshaku)
天錫(てんしゃく) (tenshaku)
トリフェニル錫(すず) (torifenirusuzu)
飛錫(ひしゃく) (hishaku)
無錫(むしゃく) (Mushaku): Wuxi
野錫(やしゃく) (yashaku)
有機錫(ゆうきすず) (yūkisuzu)
流錫(りゅうしゃく) (ryūshaku)
留錫(りゅうしゃく) (ryūshaku)
硫錫鉱(りゅうしゃくこう) (ryūshakukō)

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
錫
すず Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) すず [súꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝzɨᵝ]

Noun[edit]

錫(スズ) or 錫(すず) • (suzu)

tin, Sn

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
錫
しゃく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) しゃく [sháꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun[edit]

錫(しゃく) • (shaku)

Short for 錫杖.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

錫 • (seok) (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune–Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

錫: Hán Nôm readings: thiếc, tích, xích

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References[edit]

Nom Foundation

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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錫

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Etymology 2[edit]

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Definitions[edit]

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Etymology 3[edit]

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Definitions[edit]

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Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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