锡 (xī): tin (the metal)

Meanings

Xī shì yī zhǒng chángjiàn de jīnshǔ.

Tin is a common metal.

Zhè gè guànzi shì xī zuò de.

This can is made of tin.

Yúnnán shì Zhōngguó zuìdà de chǎn xī dìqū.

Yunnan is China's largest tin-producing region.

memory

锡 has the metal radical 钅on the left. The right side 易 (yì, easy) hints at the sound. Tin is a soft, easy-to-work metal.

无锡 Wúxī

Wuxi

Major city in Jiangsu province, literally 'no tin' - named because its tin mines were exhausted

锡 xī