铯 (sè): cesium (chemical element, symbo…

Meanings

铯是一种柔软的银白色碱金属。

Sè shì yì zhǒng róuruǎn de yínbáisè jiǎnjīnshǔ.

Cesium is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal.

原子钟以铯的共振频率为基准。

Yuánzǐzhōng yǐ sè de gòngzhèn pínlǜ wéi jīzhǔn.

Atomic clocks are based on the resonance frequency of cesium.

memory

Metal radical 钅 plus 色 ('color') for the sound sè: a metal whose name sounds like 'color', cesium.

radical

钅 jīn

metal; gold

The metal radical 钅 (left-side form of 金) marks this as a metallic element, the standard pattern for metal names.

phonetic

色 sè

color

色 supplies the sound sè exactly; it carries no meaning here, chosen only to approximate 'cesium'.

铯 sè