闱
wéi

gate

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

韦
韦 Sound component
wéi, huí tanned leather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

闈 gate Traditional

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

韋
韋 Sound component
(surround a city), tanned leather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷɯl
Unicodehiuəi

說文解字

宮中之門也。从門韋聲。

Sources

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