铲
chǎn HSK7

spade

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 产 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鏟.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

产
产 Sound component
chǎn give birth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鏟 chǎn spade Traditional

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

産
産 Sound component
chǎn give birth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsŋ̊ʰreːnʔ
sŋ̊ʰraːns
Unicodechrɛ̌n

說文解字

鏶也。一曰平𨮯。从金産聲。

Sources

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