Character: 楗
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: garʔ
Classic Old Chinese: gán
Western Han Chinese: gán
Eastern Han Chinese: gán
Early Postclassic Chinese: gán
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gǝ́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: gǝ́n
Middle Chinese: gǝ́n
English meaning : door bar, bolt [LZ]
Comments: For *g- cf. Xiamen kian6, Chaozhou kieŋ4, Fuzhou kioŋ6. Also read *karʔ (MC kǝ́n, Pek. jiǎn) "weary".
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0249 h
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