阎
yánYán HSK7

village gate

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

臽
臽 Sound component
xiàn a pit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

閻 village gate Traditional

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

臽
臽 Sound component
xiàn a pit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyem[ɢ][a]mgate over street or lane
Zhengzhanglom
Unicodeiɛm

說文解字

里中門也。从門臽聲。

Sources

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