勾阑

勾 gōu hook

勾 originated as a variant of 句. 口 represents the sound and 丩 represents the meaning and the sound.

Components

丩
丩 SoundMeaning component
jiū join
口
口 Sound component
kǒu, kou mouth
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 口 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (3 of 5 verified)

构购沟钩鈎

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

钩鈎

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkuw[k]ˤ(r)ocurved
kuwH[k]ˤ(r)ok-sloan for 彀 draw a bow to the full
Zhengzhangkoː
koːs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

阑 lán, làn door screen Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 闌.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
柬
柬 Sound component
jiǎn letter
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

澜斓镧谰

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

闌 door screen Traditional

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

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
柬
柬 Sound component
jiǎn letter
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

蘭讕攔鑭瀾欄爛斕

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlan[r]ˤan railing

說文解字

《說文》：“闌，門遮也。从門，柬聲。”

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)