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gégē

small side door

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

閤 gé, hé small side door Traditional

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

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkop[k]ˤ[o]psmall gate
Zhengzhangkuːb

說文解字

門㫄戶也。从門合聲。

Sources

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