阅 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yuè HSK4

examine, read

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閱.

Components

门 Meaning component

mén, men door

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

阅 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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

門 Meaning component

mén, men door

兌 Sound component

exchange

Change in sound

閱 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
閱 *lot
兌 *lˤot-s

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ywet	lot	count, sum up; inspect
Zhengzhang		lod

《說文》：“閱，具數於門中也。从門，說省聲。”

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		lod
Unicode	iuɛt