large bell

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

bell

Sound component
fū, bù, fǔ state, announce

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

large bell Traditional

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

bell

Sound component
fū, bù, fǔ state, announce

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːɡ

說文解字

鎛鱗也。鐘上橫木上金華也。一曰田器。从金尃聲。《詩》曰:“庤乃錢鎛。”

Sources

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