jīnzàn

sharp

Duplication of (hairpin).

Components

Iconic component
zān hairpin

Depicts a woman kneeling with a hairpin in her hair.

Iconic component
zān hairpin

Depicts a woman kneeling with a hairpin in her hair.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsl'ɯm

說文解字

《說文》:“兓,朁朁,銳意也。从二兂。”

Sources

Character origin
說文解字Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica