a kind of pen

Evolution

錡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
錡 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
錡 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
錡 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Definitions

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a kind of pen; a kind of chisel; three legged cauldron (old); woodworking chisel (old)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.ɢ(r)aj

gje

cooking pot

*m.ɢ(r)ajʔ

ngjeX

cooking pot


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5922nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

Unicode

U+9321

Shuowen

“錡,鉏也。从金,奇聲。江淮之間謂釜曰錡。”


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