鉛
qiānyán HSK7

lead (metal)

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglon
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

《說文》：“鉛，青金也。从金，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

铅 qiān lead (metal) Simplified

Simplified form of 鉛. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode