阖
hé

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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, kě what? why not?

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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, kě 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

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