qiānyán HSK7

lead (metal)

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 9, 2021, 03:54 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 9, 2021, 03:54 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglon
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

《說文》:“鉛,青金也。从金,聲。”

Sources

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