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Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmeːɡ

說文解字

以木橫貫鼎耳而舉之。从鼎冂聲。《周禮》:“廟門容大鼏七箇。” 即《易》“玉鉉大吉”也。

Sources

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