qiānyán HSK7

lead (metal)

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 7, 2026, 01:34 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 7, 2026, 01:34 PM

金 → 釒

Changed fields: hint

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
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