tiànzhèn

a gem used as ear plug

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
zhēn real

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰiːns
tins

說文解字

《說文》:“瑱,以玉充耳也。从玉,真聲。《詩》曰:‘玉之瑱兮。’,瑱或从耳。”

Sources

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