栈阁
zhàn​gé

plank road

栈 zhàn, zhǎn, chén warehouse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 棧.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

阁 gé chamber Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閣.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搁

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

棧 warehouse Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzrænX[dz]ˤr[a][n]ʔshed
dzrænH[dz]ˤr[a][n]-sshed
dzrɛnX[dz]r[a][n]ʔshed
Zhengzhangzreːnʔ
zraːns
zrenʔ
Unicodejrhàn

說文解字

棚也。竹木之車曰棧。从木戔聲。

Sources

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

閣 chamber Traditional

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

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

擱

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkakC.kˤakshelf, frame
Zhengzhangklaːɡ
Unicodegɑk

說文解字

所以止扉也。从門各聲。

Sources

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