檐廊
yán​láng

veranda

檐 yán eaves of house

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 簷.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
詹
詹 Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyemCə.[ɢ]ameaves
yem[ɢ][a]mtemple gate
Zhengzhanglam
Unicodeiɛm

說文解字

㮰也。从木詹聲。

Sources

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

廊 láng corridor

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 郎 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
郎
郎 Sound component
láng gentleman

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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlang[r]ˤaŋ side-gallery

說文解字

《說文新附》：“廊，東西序也。从广，郎聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)