tin

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
釒 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

易 sound component

  Sound component

  

easy

Evolution

錫 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
錫 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
錫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
錫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
錫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

tin, stannum; bestow, confer; tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xí]

Most common words with 錫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to bestow

无锡

Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu

无锡市

Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu

锡安

Zion

锡箔

tinfoil