Can you tell silver and tin apart?
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锡
Traditional: 錫
xī
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
xī · sek3 (Jyutping)
- tin (chemistry)
- to bestow
- to confer
- to grant
- Taiwan pr. [xi2]
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Character breakdown
锡
- Meaning
- tin, stannum; bestow, confer
- Radical
- 钅
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- ⿰钅易
- Cangjie
- XCAPH
- Four-corner
- 8672
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Example sentences
Can you distinguish silver from tin?
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