鏘
qiāng

tinkle

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaŋ
Unicodetsiɑng

Sources

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

锵 qiāng tinkle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鏘.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

将
将 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng will

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode