tāng

boring tool

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
táng, tang hall

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

boring tool Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthangtʰˤaŋsound of drum
Zhengzhangtʰaːŋ

說文解字

鐘鼓之聲。从金堂聲。《詩》曰:“擊鼓其鏜。”

Sources

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