Tánxín

dagger

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːm
ljɯm
lɯm

說文解字

劒鼻也。从金覃聲。

Sources

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

xín, chán, tán dagger Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
tán, qín, yǎn reach to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode