lánglàng

high door

A lofty gate  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door
SoundMeaning component
liáng good

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ
raːŋs

說文解字

門高也。从門良聲。巴郡有閬中縣。

Sources

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

làng, láng, lǎng high door Simplified

A lofty gate  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door
SoundMeaning component
liáng good

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode