càn

gems

The luster  of a gem  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
SoundMeaning component
càn polish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaːns

說文解字

玉光也。从玉粲聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica