xiǎn

mill

Components
釒 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

metal

先 sound component

  Sound component

xiān

  

first

Evolution

銑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
銑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

xiǎn

mill; shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)

() 

to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. [xiǎn]

Most common words with 銑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to mill (machining)

铣床

milling machine

铣工

milling (machining)

铣铁

cast iron

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4786th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

Unicode

U+9291

Shuowen

“銑,金之澤者。一曰小鑿。一曰鐘兩角謂之銑。从金,先聲。”


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