xuàn

device for carrying a tripod

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
xuán, xuàn black

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷeːn

說文解字

舉鼎也。《易》謂之鉉,《禮》謂之鼏。从金玄聲。

Sources

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

xuàn device for carrying a tripod Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
xuán, xuàn black

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode