銑
xǐxiǎn

mill

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

先
先 Sound component
xiān first

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsɯːnʔ

說文解字

金之澤者。一曰小鑿。一曰鐘兩角謂之銑。从金先聲。

Sources

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

铣 xiǎn, xǐ, xiān mill Simplified

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

先
先 Sound component
xiān first

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode