Chinese Etymology

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Chinese Etymology

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Character:

Character (單一漢字)
English Senses For (英文): guan1
to shut / to close / a frontier pass or checkpoint / the bar across the door / a customs house / a customs barrier / a key point / a turning point / related / relationship / to involve / to concern / to negotiate / to between / to draw ( money, or pay ) / a Chinese family name

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 5173
GB2312-80 := B9D8


Simplification (簡化方法):
unique simplification 082 reduction / zzzzz /
simplified with 1 different traditional

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 95DC
Big5 := C3F6


(聲字部分):
(聨-耳 D848 DDC5) guan1 丱 guan4

(有意部分):
門 men2 door


Etymology (文字來源):
Phonetic Signific, related to a gate 門 - shut

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

Spoken Chinese and Other Languages

Unicode Tests

Chinese Equivalent Websites

Chinese Encoding and Conversion

Enable XP for maximum Chinese

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
以木橫持門戶也從門**聲


Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字) - This character is not listed in the Shuowen


LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L31725 L31726 L31727 L31728 L31729 L31730 L31731
L06214 L06215 L06216 L06217 L06218 L06219 L06220
L06221 L06222 L06223 L06224 L06225

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B16225 B16226 B16227 B16228


Oracle (甲骨文) Characters - none known

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