鍛
duàn

forge metal

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
段
段 Sound component
duàn section

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtoːns

說文解字

《說文》：“鍛，小冶也。从金，段聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

锻 duàn forge metal Simplified

Simplified form of 鍛. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 段 represents the sound.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

段
段 Sound component
duàn section

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode