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锌

xīn

Character Traditional 鋅

What 锌 means

1. zinc (chemistry)

Words containing 锌

• 镀锌dù xīngalvanized; zinc-coated
• 氧化锌yǎng huà xīnzinc oxide
• 氯化锌lǜ huà xīnzinc chloride

Characters that look like 锌

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

• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 铸zhùto cast or found metals
• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 铐kàoshackles; fetters; manacle
• 铧huáplowshare; spade
• 肆sìfour (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton

Sounds the same

Read xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 新new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 心heart; mind; intention
• 辛(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 欣happy
• 薪(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 芯(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
• 馨fragrant
• 鑫(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
• 歆pleased; moved
• 昕dawn
• 忻happy
• 莘Asarum; Wild ginger; also 细辛