鐺
dāngchēng

frying pan

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

當
當 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋ
sʰraːŋ
Unicodechræng

說文解字

鋃鏜也。从金當聲。

Sources

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

铛 dang frying pan Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 当 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐺.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

当
当 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode