flawless gem or jewel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglo

說文解字

瑾瑜,美玉也。从玉俞聲。

Sources

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