yānè

block

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
yū, wū in

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

block Traditional

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
yū, wū in

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔatqˤatrepress; cease
Zhengzhangqran
qeːn
qaːd
qad

說文解字

遮𢹬也。从門於聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica