qiānyán HSK7

lead (metal)

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 2, 2026, 11:40 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 2, 2026, 11:40 PM

金 → 釒

Changed fields: components

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
Sound component

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