锴
kǎi

high quality iron

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

皆
皆 Sound component
jiē all

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鍇 high quality iron Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkriːl
kʰriːlʔ

說文解字

九江謂鐵曰鍇。从金皆聲。

Sources

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