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Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC 
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC 
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
玉 → 𤣩
Changed fields: components
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyang | taŋ | (jade) insignium |
說文解字
《說文》：“璋，剡上為圭，半圭為璋。从玉，章聲。《禮》六幣：圭以馬，璋以皮，璧以帛，琮以錦，琥以繡，璜以黼。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)