鉛

Alternative forms

 * The component's top can appear as 八, 儿, or 几.

Glyph origin
– a kind of metal.

Etymology
Most varieties have a pronunciation derived from a velar initial.


 * see it a re-etymologization towards.
 * Per, it is from , in which the character is used to denote an etymon meaning "tinplate" with this velar pronunciation. As for further etymology, Liu suggested it an Indo-European-sourced borrowing, cf..

Definitions

 * 1)  lead (Pb)
 * 2) lead ; graphite

Etymology 1
Perhaps related to 🇨🇬. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) lead chemical element

Etymology 2
From.

Affix

 * 1) lead chemical element

Derived terms

 * : pencil