砧
zhēn

anvil

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 碪.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔl'ɯm
Unicodedjim

說文解字

石柎也。从石占聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)