| 錫 | 1116C25 81A.50-4 | 部居  | 畫數 16 | ㄒㄧˊ [xi2] | ||
| N. | (1) Tin (mines, etc.), pewter: 錫壺，錫罐 pewter pot. (2) Short for 錫杖，see [xi2zhang4]↓, used of a monk's travel: 掛錫 stop at a temple; 飛錫（錫飛）monk's travel, wanderings. (3) A surname. | |||||
| V.t. | (AC) (of king, God) to give, grant: 錫福 [xi2fu2]↓; 錫命 give order, grant. | |||||
| Words | 1. 錫箔 [xi2bo2], n., tin foil; paper coated with thin tin foil used as paper money for the dead. 2. 錫器 [xi2qi4], n., pewter ware. 3. 錫福 [xi2fu2], v.t., to bless. 4. 錫杖 [xi2zhang4], n., a monk's cane (錫 here explained as a rattling sound “錫錫” made by a metal ring). 5. 錫紙 [xi2zhi3], phr., zinc foil, aluminum foil. 6. 錫鑞 [xi2la4], n., pewter. 7. 錫賚 [xi2lai4], v.t, to award (by God, emperor), to bless. 8. 錫奴 [xi2nu2], n., pewter foot warmer containing hot water (also called 湯婆子). | |||||