鋟
qín

carve

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsem
sʰem
sʰimʔ

Sources

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

锓 qǐn, qín, qiān carve Simplified

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

彐
彐 Unknown component
jì snout
冖
冖 Unknown component
mì cover
又
又 Unknown component
yòu again

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode