juān

engraving tool

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

metal

隽 sound component

  Sound component

juànjùn

  

superior

Evolution

镌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
镌 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
镌 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
镌 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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juān

engraving tool; carve, engrave; to engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe

Most common words with 镌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

镌刻

to engrave

to inscribe

镌镂

to engrave

雕镌

to carve

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4233rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Traditional

Unicode

U+954C


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