閶

Information about character(s)

Radical: 門
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 阊

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chāng, tāng
Cantonese: coeng1
JapaneseOn: SHOU TOU
Korean: CHENG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: gate of heaven; main gate of palace

CE-Dict: gate of heaven/gate of palace

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the gate of heaven
2.the front gate of a palace

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《門部》閶天門也。从門昌聲。楚人名門曰閶闔。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【門字部】閶
【唐韻】尺量切【集韻】【韻會】蚩良切【正韻】齒良切，𠀤音昌。【說文】天門也。一曰楚人名門曰閶闔。【前漢·禮樂志】游閶闔。【註】閶闔，天門。【後漢·杜篤傳】排閶闔，入幽谷。【淮南子·原道訓】排閶闔，鑰天門。【註】閶闔，始升天之門也。　又風名。【史記·律書】閶闔風居西方。閶者，倡也。闔者，藏也。言陽氣道萬物闔黃泉也。【淮南子·天文訓】四十五曰閶闔風至。【註】兌卦風。　又【周禮·夏官·大司馬中軍以鼙令鼓註】司馬法曰：鼓聲不過閶。　又門名。【正字通】閶門，姑蘇城門名。　又【集韻】他郞切，音湯。鼞或作閶。鼓聲也。

CF-Dict: porte du ciel ou du paradis/porte d'un palais