杠铃
gàng​líng HSK7

barbell

杠 gàng lever Simplified

A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
工
工 SoundMeaning component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːŋ

說文解字

牀前橫木也。从木工聲。

Sources

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

铃 líng bell Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鈴.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

槓 gàng lever Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 貢 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
貢
貢 Sound component
gòng offer tribute

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鈴 líng bell Traditional

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːŋ
Unicodeleng

說文解字

令丁也。从金从令，令亦聲。

Sources

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