qiōng

eyehole to hang an axe by

Components

Sound component
gǒng secure, bind
Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoŋ
qʰoŋ

說文解字

斤釜穿也。从金𢀜聲。

Sources

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