Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound.
Components
門 Meaning component
gate
Notes
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Similar Characters
关 to close (simp)閂 latch (trad)閎 wide (trad)閑 barrier (trad/jp)閒 leisure (trad)閘 floodgate (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)
Historical Evolution
闌
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
闌
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
闌
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
闌
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
闌
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
闌
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
闌
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
闌
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
闌
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
闌
Regular
Modern
Chinese
阑 / 闌 [lán]
railing; balustrade; door-screen; exhausted; late
Japanese
height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (21)
阑尾 [lánwěi] #12,092
appendix
阑尾炎 [lánwěiyán] #28,158
appendicitis (medicine)
阑珊 [lánshān] #43,605
coming to an end
夜阑 [yèlán] #54,447
late at night
夜阑人静 [yèlánrénjìng] #55,965
the still of the night (idiom)
阑干 [lángān] #56,700
(literary) crisscross
更阑 [gēnglán] #70,673
deep night
勾阑 [gōulán]
variant of 勾欄|勾栏[gōulán]
夜阑珊 [yèlánshān]
late at night
急性阑尾炎 [jíxìnglánwěiyán]
acute appendicitis (medicine)
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