埏
shānyán

a boundary

An earthen 土 roadblock 延

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
延
延 Meaning component
yán delay

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghljan
lan

說文解字

八方之地也。从土延聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica