阅卷 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yuè examine, read Simplified

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

Components

mén, men door

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.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Phonosemantic compound. 龹 represents the sound and 卩 represents the meaning.

Components

龹 Sound component

juǎn to roll rice into a ball

卩 Meaning component

jié person kneeling

Depicts a person with bent knees.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 9 verified)

圈倦蜷绻鬈锩綣惓捲

Meaning (2 of 5 verified)

圈倦蜷鬈捲

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjwenX	[k](r)o[n]ʔ	roll (v.)
	gjwen	[g]ʷren	handsome

說文解字

《說文》：“卷，厀曲也。从卪，聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yuè examine, read Traditional

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

Components

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

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

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

說文解字

《說文》：“閱，具數於門中也。从門，說省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

阅 yuè examine, read Simplified

Components

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卷 juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 9 verified)

Meaning (2 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

閱 yuè examine, read Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

yuè examine, read Simplified

juǎn, juàn curl, roll

yuè examine, read Traditional