Depicts a king (王) in a doorway (門), as part of a ceremony marking the beginning of the extra month sometimes inserted into the lunar calendar.
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nywinH | nu[n]-s | intercalary month |
說文解字
《說文》：“閏，餘分之月，五歲再閏。告朔之禮，天子居宗廟，閏月居門中。从王在門中。《周禮》曰：‘閏月王居門中，終月也。’”
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)