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Changed fields: components
钅 is a simplified component form of 金. Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 今 represents the sound. 王 depicts a metal axe.
Components
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 今 than it was in ancient scripts. Depicts a metal axe.
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 王 than it was in ancient scripts. Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.925