阑槛
lán​jiàn

railing

阑 lán, làn door screen Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 闌.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
柬
柬 Sound component
jiǎn letter
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

澜斓镧谰

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

槛 kǎn threshold Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檻.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
监
监 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

闌 door screen Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
柬
柬 Sound component
jiǎn letter
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

蘭讕攔鑭瀾欄爛斕

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlan[r]ˤan railing

說文解字

《說文》：“闌，門遮也。从門，柬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

檻 kǎn threshold Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
監
監 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthæmX[ɡ]ˤramʔstraight-jetted (water); railing; cage
hamX[ɡ]ˤamʔrailing; cage
Zhengzhangɡraːmʔ
ɡraːms
Unicodehǎm

說文解字

櫳也。从木監聲。一曰圈。

Sources

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