palladium

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
ba, bā to wish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpraː
pʰraː

說文解字

兵車也。一曰𨮯也。《司馬法》:“晨夜内鈀車。”从金巴聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

bǎ, pá, bā palladium Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
ba, bā to wish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode