阚
kànKàn

glance

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

敢
敢 Sound component
gǎn to dare

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

闞 glance Traditional

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

敢
敢 Sound component
gǎn to dare

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰlaːms
qʰreːmʔ
hŋraːms

說文解字

望也。从門敢聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)