闶阆
kāng​láng

open space

闶 kāng, kàng door Simplified

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

door

亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

阆 làng, láng, lǎng high door Simplified

A lofty 良 gate 门; 良 also provides the pronunciation

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
良
良 SoundMeaning component
liáng good

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

閌 door Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːŋs

說文解字

閌閬，高門也。从門亢聲。

Sources

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

閬 high door Traditional

A lofty 良 gate 門; 良 also provides the pronunciation

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
良
良 SoundMeaning component
liáng good

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ
raːŋs

說文解字

門高也。从門良聲。巴郡有閬中縣。

Sources

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