閑
xián HSK5

fence

A wooden fence 木 with a door 門

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

嫻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthɛnN-kˤre[n]idle
hɛn[ɡ]ˤra[n]great; large-minded; well-trained; bar, barrier
Zhengzhangɡreːn
Unicodehɛn

說文解字

闌也。从門中有木。

Sources

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

闲 xián fence Simplified

A wooden fence 木 with a door 门

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

娴痫鹇

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode