hóngHóng

gate

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
gōng, hóng forearm

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷrɯːŋ

說文解字

䢽門也。从門厷聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

hóng gate Simplified

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
gōng, hóng forearm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode