HSK7

blocked or separated

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door
Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

blocked or separated Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door
Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɡɯːɡs

說文解字

外閉也。从門亥聲。

Sources

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