鏞
yōng

a large bell used as a musical instrument

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋ

說文解字

大鐘謂之鏞。从金庸聲。

Sources

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

镛 yōng a large bell used as a musical instrument Simplified

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

bell

庸
庸 Sound component
yōng usual

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode