qínqián

big iron pot

Evolution

鬵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

 

qín

big iron pot, caldron

 

qián

big iron pot; cauldron; variant of [zèng], rice pot

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sə-l[ə]m (irreg. dz- for z-; also read zim)

dzim

qín

large boiler

*sə-l[ə]m

zim

qín

large boiler


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Unicode

U+9B35

Shuowen

“鬵,大釜也,一曰鼎大上小下若甑曰鬵,从鬲兓聲,讀若岑。,籀文鬵。”


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