鐲
zhuó

bracelet

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

蜀
蜀 Sound component
shǔ short name for Sichuan

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrdoːɡ
zroːɡ
djoɡ

說文解字

鉦也。从金蜀聲。軍法：司馬執鐲。

Sources

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

镯 zhuó, shǔ bracelet Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 蜀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐲.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

蜀
蜀 Sound component
shǔ short name for Sichuan

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode