錙
zī

8 oz

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

甾
甾 Sound component
zāi, zī container

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsrɯ

說文解字

六銖也。从金甾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

锱 zī 8 oz Simplified

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

甾
甾 Sound component
zāi, zī container

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode