Shuo Wen Jie Zi interprets the word "Yue" as "Ye Jinhua". The voice from Jintian. Be cut. The basic meaning of "cymbals" is that precious cymbals, mother-of-pearl, gold cymbals and emerald cymbals are inlaid on objects for decoration; The extended meaning is an ancient jewelry inlaid with golden flowers. In daily use, "cymbals" are often used as verbs, indicating that cymbals and other objects are inlaid with gold and silver jewelry shells.

The pictophonetic character "cymbal" was first seen in the era of Xiao Zhuan in Qin Dynasty. Gold means that cymbal is a kind of jewelry inlaid with golden flowers. Tian Biao said that Tian is a kind of crop, which means planting, indicating that cymbals are jewelry that ancient women planted in their hair. Finally, it evolved into a regular script and a simplified version of the cymbal.