village of twenty-five families

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangra
Unicodeliu

說文解字

里門也。从門呂聲。《周禮》:“五家爲比,五比爲閭。”閭,侶也,二十五家相羣侶也。

Sources

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

village of twenty-five families Simplified

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
pitchpipe

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode