鑾
luán

bells hung on horse

Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

金
金 Meaning component
jīn metal
䜌
䜌 Sound component
luán tie together

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlwan[m]ə.rˤonharness bells
Zhengzhangb·roːn
Unicodeluɑn

說文解字

人君乘車，四馬鑣，八鑾鈴，象鸞鳥聲，和則敬也。从金，从鸞省。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

銮 luán bells hung on horse Simplified

A bell 金 dangling from a tassel 亦

Components

亦
亦 Meaning component
yì also
金
金 Meaning component
jīn metal

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode