alone

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

alone Traditional

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwek[k-m̥ ]ˤik (dialect: *-ik > *-ek)quiet
Zhengzhangkʰʷeːɡ

說文解字

靜也。从門狊聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica