閣
gé

chamber

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)

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

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)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode