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铯

銫
sè
noun #75,004

Meanings

  1. 1 cesium (chemical element, symbol Cs)

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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.

Tips

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

Components

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'.

Stroke Order

铯 sè