Radical
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
yán yàn
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Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
11 strokes
Mandarin
yán / yàn

Definitions by reading

ngiem5
Mandarin equivalent yán / yàn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ngiam5 Chaoyang ngiam5 Chenghai ngiang5 Jieyang ngiam5 Raoping ngiam5 Shantou ngiam5
阎 <名>
(形声。从门,臽声。本义:内巷内的门,亦指里巷)
同本义 [gate of a lane]
閻,里中门也。――《说文》
隐于穷阎漏屋。――《荀子·儒效》。注:“里门也。”
兴于闾阎。――《汉书·循吏传》注
便旋闾阎。――张衡《西京赋》。注:“里中门曰阎。”
又如:阎闾(里巷内外的门);阎术(里巷);阎亲(乡亲)
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阎yán里巷的门,又指里巷:~里。
潮州母语资料库

English meaning

village gate; surname

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
以母 三等 開口 鹽韵 平声 余廉切
Reconstruction:
Original

里中門,又姓,出天水河南二望。