Glyph Origins

Radical ⾦ (167)

金 (U+91D1)

Shang
(Huadong)
Shang
(Chu)
Early
W.Zhou
Early
W.Zhou
Early
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
Chunqiu
(Qin)
QinQinW.HanE.HanTang
花478
[⿱今火]
合23573
[⿱今火]
集3790
[⿱今火]
集4131集9901集4235.2集證84
[鎗]
里耶8-1776睡.日甲90背北.老143五.行379南0237A

{金} *k(r)um “bronze”

Initially the word {金} was written as ⿱今火 ( FIRE + *KUM). Later METAL was added.

  • 黃天樹 2005 - 花園莊東地甲骨中所見的若干新資料
  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (925-926)

Forms:

- Shortening based on the cursive form in the left part of compound glyphs. Modern simplified form in China.


钅 (U+9485)

HanHanHanYuan
武醫52肩73EJT4:101居舊128.37
[鍉]
趙孟頫
[錄]

Shortening of based on the cursive form in the left part of compound glyphs. Modern simplified form of in China.

  • Bökset R. 2021 - Long Story of Short Forms: Simplified Chinese Characters from A to Z (163-164)