一切經音義 35.336

35.336

鉛錫（上音緣尚書禹貢青州所貢說文青金也從金[八/口]聲[八/口]音同上下音昔鄭注周禮云錫鈏也說文銀鉛之間有錫字典云錫似鑞鑞黃白錫青黑從金易聲）。

鉛錫 (lead and tin; the upper [character] is pronounced yuan [yuān]; tribute of Qingzhou in the Yu Gong of the Shangshu; the Shuowen says: "Blue-green metal; from the metal radical [金] with the sound [八/口]"; [八/口] has the same pronunciation as the whole; the lower [character] is pronounced xi [xī]; Zheng Xuan's commentary on the Zhouli says: "Tin is yán"; the Shuowen says: "Between silver and lead is tin"; character dictionaries state: "Tin resembles pewter; pewter is yellowish-white, tin is blue-black; from the metal radical [金] with the sound yi [易]").