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铣

xǐ

Character Traditional 銑

What 铣 means

1. to mill (machining)
2. Taiwan pr. xiǎn

Other readings

铣 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiǎnshining metal; the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)

Words starting with 铣

• 铣工xǐ gōngmilling (machining); milling machine operator
• 铣床xǐ chuángmilling machine
• 铣铁xiǎn tiěcast iron

Characters that look like 铣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 舰jiànwarship
• 锐ruìacute
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read xǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喜to be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 洗to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 徙(literary) to change one's residence
• 玺ruler's seal
• 禧joy
• 喺to be at, in or on (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 在
• 囍double happiness (similar to 喜喜); symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
• 屣slippers
• 葸feel insecure; unhappy
• 簁sieve; to sift, to strain
• 蓰(grass); increase five fold
• 枲male nettle-hemp