Memory phrase for the character: 锡

锡

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Meaning tin (chemistry), to bestow, confer, grant

Pronunciation

xī

Explanation

Left: metal 钅/金, right: warming sun 易

Mnemonic
 
This metal has such a low melting point (231°C), that almost the warming sun can melt it: tin.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
易 easy, changeAt the top the sun 日 and below its shining 勿: This makes it easy!
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 Vocabulary

拉瓦锡 Lā wǎ xī  Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
锡矿 xī kuàng  tin ore
阎锡山 Yán Xī shān  Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
阎锡山 Yán Xī shān  

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