閘
zhá HSK7

sluice

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangklaːb
sɡreːb
qraːb

說文解字

開閉門也。从門甲聲。

Sources

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

闸 zhá sluice Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閘.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode