锡瓦
Xī​wǎ

Siwa

锡 xī tin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound. Simplified form of 錫.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

易
易 Sound component
yì easy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瓦 wǎ earthenware

Pictograph of an object related to pottery.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (3 of 13 verified)

瓶瓷瓮甄甑瓯瓴瓿甓甏甍甕甌

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

佤

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngwaeXC.ŋʷˤra[j]ʔ roof tile

說文解字

《說文》：“瓦，土器已燒之總名。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

錫 xī tin Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

易
易 Sound component
yì easy

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartseks-lˤekgive
seks.lˤektin
Zhengzhangsleːɡ
Unicodesek

說文解字

銀鉛之閒也。从金易聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)