锆英砂
gào​yīng​shā

zircon sand

锆 gào zirconium Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鋯.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

告
告 Sound component
gào tell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

英 yīng flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

瑛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jaengʔ<r>aŋ young grass plants

說文解字

艸榮而不實者。一曰黃英。从艸央聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

砂 shā sand

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
少
少 SoundIconic component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːl
Unicodeshra

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鋯 zirconium Traditional

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

告
告 Sound component
gào tell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica