笼槛
lóng​jiàn

cage

笼 lóng, long, lǒng cage Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籠.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

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

槛 kǎn threshold Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檻.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
监
监 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

籠 lóng, long, lǒng cage Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartluwngk.rˤoŋ cage, coop
luwngXk.rˤoŋʔ basket; cage

說文解字

《說文》：“籠，舉土器也。一曰笭也。从竹，龍聲。”

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)

檻 kǎn threshold Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
監
監 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthæmX[ɡ]ˤramʔstraight-jetted (water); railing; cage
hamX[ɡ]ˤamʔrailing; cage
Zhengzhangɡraːmʔ
ɡraːms
Unicodehǎm

說文解字

櫳也。从木監聲。一曰圈。

Sources

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