náo

cymbals

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

bell

Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

cymbals Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnræw[n]ˤrewa kind of bell
Zhengzhangrŋaːw
Unicodenau

說文解字

小鉦也。軍法:卒長執鐃。从金堯聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica