gù​qiú​fēng

occluded front

run metal into cracks Simplified

To forge  metal  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
SoundMeaning component
to become solid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

qiú prisoner

Depicts a person () trapped inside an enclosure ().

Components

Iconic component
wéi, guó surround
Iconic component
rén, ren person

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Unknown (0 of 5 verified)

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjuwsə.lu prisoner

說文解字

《說文》:“囚,繫也。从人在囗中。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

fēng point of spear Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
féng, páng resist

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

run metal into cracks Traditional

To forge  metal  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
SoundMeaning component
to become solid

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuH[k]ˤaʔ-schronic (of illness)
Zhengzhangkaːɡs

說文解字

鑄塞也。从金固聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

fēng point of spear Traditional

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
féng, páng resist

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjowngpʰ(r)oŋpoint of a weapon
Zhengzhangpʰoŋ
Unicodepiong

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica