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楗
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bar of door

HSK 10
Human →Body
jiàn
ケン、ゴン
かんぬき
Components
木 tree+ 建 build =
楗 bar of door
木 Meaning component
mù tree
wood
建 Phonetic component
jiàn build
build, establish, erect, found
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
楗
Regular
Modern
Chinese
楗 [jiàn]
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike; (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
Example Sentences