锏
jiǎn

kind of rapier

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 间 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐧.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

间
间 Sound component
jiān, jian, jiàn space

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鐧 kind of rapier Traditional

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːns
kraːns

說文解字

車軸𨮯也。从金閒聲。

Sources

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