阖闾城
Hé​lǘ​chéng

Helü City

阖 hé close Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 盍 represents the sound. Simplified form of 闔.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
盍
盍 Sound component
hé what? why not?

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

闾 lǘ village of twenty-five families Simplified

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

吕
吕 Sound component
lǚ pitchpipe

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榈

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Unicode

城 chéng city

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
成
成 Sound component
chéng, cheng completed

Character Evolution

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 Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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-Sagartdzyeng[d]eŋ city wall

說文解字

《說文》：“城，以盛民也。从土，从成，成亦聲。，籀文城从。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

闔 close Traditional

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

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
盍
盍 Sound component
hé what? why not?

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːb
Unicodehɑp

說文解字

門扇也。一曰閉也。从門盍聲。

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

閭 village of twenty-five families Traditional

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

吕
吕 Sound component
lǚ pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

櫚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangra
Unicodeliu

說文解字

里門也。从門呂聲。《周禮》：“五家爲比，五比爲閭。”閭，侶也，二十五家相羣侶也。

Sources

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