large bell

Components
釒 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

bell

尃 sound component

  Sound component

  

state, announce

Evolution

鎛 Bronze script Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
鎛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鎛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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large bell; hoe, spade; ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell; hoe; spade