xián

bit

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 2, 2026, 11:50 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 2, 2026, 11:50 PM

This stroke order is HORRENDOUS, fixed it. (Seriously, how did this happen??)

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
Sound component
xíng, háng walk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthaem[g]ˤr[a]m a bit

說文解字

《說文》:“銜,馬勒口中。从金,从行。銜,行馬者也。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica