鏐
liú

pure gold

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljiw[r]iwfine gold
ljuw[r]iwfine gold
Zhengzhangrɯw
rɯw

說文解字

弩眉也。一曰黃金之美者。从金翏聲。

Sources

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

镠 liú, liù, liáo pure gold Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode