釦
kòu HSK6

button

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

口
口 Sound component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoːʔ

說文解字

金飾器口。从金从口，口亦聲。

Sources

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

𬬪 kòu button Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode