jiān, jiǎn
kind of rapier
Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 间 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐧.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Simplified script
ModernMost common words with 锏
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(fig.) trump card | ||
ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon | ||
(fig.) trump card |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4273rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+950F |
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