鍊
liàn HSK7

smelt metals

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

柬
柬 Sound component
jiǎn letter

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlenH[r]ˤen-srefine (metal)
Zhengzhangɡ·reːns
Unicodelèn

說文解字

冶金也。从金柬聲。

Sources

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

𫔀 liàn, jiàn smelt metals Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode