pearl that is not quite round

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
王 meaning component

  Meaning component

wángwàng

  

king

几 sound component

  Sound component

  

small table

Evolution

玑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
玑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
玑 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
玑 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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pearl that is not quite round; irregular pearl