pearly

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpleːwɢ

說文解字

玓瓅,明珠色。从玉勺聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica