Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound.
Components
門 Meaning component
gate
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Similar Characters
关 to close (simp)閂 latch (trad)閎 wide (trad)閑 barrier (trad/jp)閒 leisure (trad)閡 blocked (trad)閣 cabinet (trad/jp)閤 small side door (trad)閥 valve (trad/jp)閦 sanskrit閨 small entrance (trad)閫 threshold (trad)閬 high (trad)閭 village of twenty-five (trad)閱 peruse (trad)閶 gate of heaven (trad)閹 castrate (trad)閻 village (trad)閼 obstruct (trad)閾 separated (trad)
Historical Evolution
閘
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
閘
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
閘
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
閘
Regular
Modern
Chinese
闸 / 閘 [zhá]
gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
閘 ひのくち
Hinokuchi surname
CHINESE WORDS (19)
闸门 [zhámén] #17,509
sluice gate
电闸 [diànzhá] #24,109
electric switch
气闸 [qìzhá] #23,996
pneumatic brake
闸口 [Zhákǒu] #30,940
area in the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou
水闸 [shuǐzhá] #39,570
sluice
船闸 [chuánzhá] #25,130
a canal lock
闸北区 [Zháběiqū] #32,914
Zhabei district, central Shanghai
跳闸 [tiàozhá] #49,887
(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip
手闸 [shǒuzhá] #64,284
handbrake
港闸区 [Gǎngzháqū] #67,540
Gangzha district of Nantong city 南通市[Nántōngshì], Jiangsu
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JAPANESE WORDS (3)