阅览室
yuè​lǎn​shì HSK5

reading room

阅 yuè examine, read Simplified

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

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
兑
兑 Sound component
duì, ruì, duó exchange
Change in sound

Sources

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

览 lǎn look at Simplified

Components

见
见 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

see

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

揽缆榄

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

室 shì room

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
至
至 Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2)

屋臺

Remnant (1)

屋

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyits.ti[t] chamber; house

說文解字

《說文》：“室，實也。从宀，从至。至，所止也。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

閱 yuè examine, read Traditional

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

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
兌
兌 Sound component
exchange
Change in sound

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywetlotcount, sum up; inspect
Zhengzhanglod

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-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

覽 lǎn look at Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

見
見 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
監
監 SoundMeaning component
jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

欖攬纜

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːmʔ
Unicodelɑ̌m

說文解字

《說文》：“覽，觀也。从見、監，監亦聲。”

Sources

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