阆苑
Làng​yuàn

immortal paradise

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
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苑 yuàn, yuān, yù pasture

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 夗 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

夗
夗 Sound component
yuàn, wǎn, wān to turn over when asleep

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-SagartʔjwonX[ʔ]o[r]ʔresentment; park for hunting
Zhengzhangqonʔ
qons
Unicodeqiuæ̌n

說文解字

所以養禽獸也。从艸夗聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang 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)