铊
tā

a short spear

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鉈.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

它
它 Sound component
tā it

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鉈 a short spear Traditional

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɦljaːl
hljal

說文解字

短矛也。从金它聲。

Sources

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