檻
jiànkǎn

threshold

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
監
監 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthæmX[ɡ]ˤramʔstraight-jetted (water); railing; cage
hamX[ɡ]ˤamʔrailing; cage
Zhengzhangɡraːmʔ
ɡraːms
Unicodehǎm

說文解字

櫳也。从木監聲。一曰圈。

Sources

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

槛 kǎn threshold Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檻.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
监
监 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode