瑾
jǐn

brilliance of gems

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
堇
堇 Sound component
jǐn, qín, jìn clay

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡrɯns

說文解字

瑾瑜，美玉也。从玉堇聲。

Sources

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