鈦
tài

titanium

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

太
太 Sound component
tài, tai very

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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
Regular Modern

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

钛 tài titanium Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 太 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鈦.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

太
太 Sound component
tài, tai very

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode