镡
Tánxín

dagger

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

覃
覃 Sound component
tán, qín, yǎn reach to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鐔 dagger Traditional

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːm
ljɯm
lɯm

說文解字

劒鼻也。从金覃聲。

Sources

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