kǔn​jì

military command

kǔn threshold Simplified

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
kùn to trap, surround

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

send

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
mián roof
Sound component
strange

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjeHC.[k](r)aj-s entrust to

說文解字

《說文》:“寄,託也。从宀,奇聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

threshold Traditional

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
kùn to trap, surround

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰuːnʔ
Unicodekuə̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang