Zinc Zn · 30

History of the character

Every form found in the sources, from the first missionary chemistry books of the 1850s to the current standards. Hover a dot for the source. Simplified 锌, traditional 鋅.

1. antiquity 倭鉛 wōqiān 古名 Pre-modern usage, Classical texts (Shuōwén Jiězì, Běncǎo Gāngmù) “Japanese lead”
2. 1868 白鉛 格物入門 Géwù Rùmén, W. A. P. Martin (丁韙良), Tongwen College
3. 1870 鍟 化學初階 Huàxué Chūjiē, John G. Kerr (嘉約翰) & Hé Liǎorán (何瞭然)
4. 1871 白鉛 金石識別 Jīnshí Shíbié, D. J. MacGowan (瑪高溫) & Huà Héngfāng (華蘅芳)
5. 1871 鋅 化學鑑原 Huàxué Jiànyuán, Xú Shòu (徐壽) & John Fryer (傅蘭雅), Jiangnan Arsenal
6. 1905 鋅 xīn 化學新教科書 Huàxué Xīn Jiàokēshū, Dù Yàquán (杜亞泉), Commercial Press old reading zǐ changed to xīn after zinc