鉻
gè

chromium

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

各
各 Sound component
gè each

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːɡ
kraːɡ

說文解字

𩮜也。从金各聲。

Sources

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

铬 gè, luò, gē chromium Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鉻.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

各
各 Sound component
gè each

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode