唫
yínjìn

to hum

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 金 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
金
金 Sound component
jīn metal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡrɯmʔ
ŋɡrɯm

說文解字

口急也。从口金聲。

Sources

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