qín

variant of U+7434 琴

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

說文解字

禁也。神農所作。洞越。練朱五弦,周加二弦。象形。凡珡之屬皆从珡。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica