錟
tán

long spear

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'aːm

說文解字

長矛也。从金炎聲。讀若老耼。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

锬 tán, xiān, yǎn long spear Simplified

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

炎
炎 Sound component
yán flame

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode