镌
juān

engraving tool

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

隽
隽 Sound component
juàn, jùn, zuì superior

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鐫 engraving tool Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔson
Unicodetziuɛn

說文解字

穿木鐫也。从金雋聲。一曰琢石也。讀若瀸。

Sources

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

鎸 juān engraving tool Traditional

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode