琛
chēn

treasure

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 罙 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
罙
罙 Sound component
shēn deep

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰum

說文解字

寶也。从玉，深省聲。

Sources

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