灌铅
guàn​qiān

torture

灌 guàn pour

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwanH[C.qʷ]ˤar-spour, drip
Zhengzhangkoːns
Unicodeguɑ̀n

說文解字

水。出廬江雩婁，北入淮。从水雚聲。

Sources

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

铅 qiān lead (metal) Simplified

Simplified form of 鉛. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

鉛 qiān lead (metal) Traditional

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglon
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

《說文》：“鉛，青金也。从金，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)