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锑

tī

Character Traditional 銻

What 锑 means

1. antimony (chemistry)

Characters built on 弟

These share the phonetic component 弟 (dì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 梯tī(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 剃tìto shave
• 涕tìtears; nasal mucus
• 睇dì(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕
• 悌tìto do one's duty as a younger brother

Characters that look like 锑

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

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew

Sounds the same

Read tī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 踢to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
• 梯(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 剔to scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 体used in 体己; Taiwan pr. tǐ
• 擿to select; to nitpick; to expose
• 䴘used in 䴙䴘