mén​zhěn HSK5

outpatient service

mén, men door Simplified

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a gate.

Component uses

Sound (3 of 10 verified)

Iconic (5)

Simplified (1)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zhěn examine patient Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

mén, men door Traditional

Original meaning: outer door

Pictograph of a gate.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

Iconic (5)

Deleted (2)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmwonmˤə[r] gate, door

說文解字

《說文》:“門,聞也。从二戶,象形。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhěn examine patient Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrinHm-t<r>ə[n]ʔ-s examine
tsyinXtə[n]ʔ examine

說文解字

《說文》:“診,視也。从言,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica