8 oz

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

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

8 oz Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
zāi, zī container

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode