閶
chāng

gate of heaven

A heavenly 昌 gate 門; 昌 also provides the pronunciation

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
昌
昌 SoundMeaning component
chāng, chàng prosperous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰjaŋ
Unicodechiɑng

說文解字

天門也。从門昌聲。楚人名門曰閶闔。

Sources

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

阊 chāng, tāng gate of heaven Simplified

A heavenly 昌 gate 门; 昌 also provides the pronunciation

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
昌
昌 SoundMeaning component
chāng, chàng prosperous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode