槛
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door sill; threshold
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How 槛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 监 (phonetic, jiān)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 监
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 监 (jiān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 监 sound component | jiān | to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail |
| 蓝 | lán | blue; indigo plant; surname |
| 滥 | làn | to flood, to overflow; excessive |
| 篮 | lán | basket; goal |
| 尴 | gān | embarrassed; ill-at-ease |
| 褴 | lán | ragged, tattered, threadbare |
Words containing 槛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核门槛 | hé mén jiàn | nuclear threshold |
| 踏破门槛 | tā pò mén kǎn | to wear out the doorstep (idiom); to crowd at sb's door |
| 朱云折槛 | zhū yún zhé jiàn | (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emp… |
| 下槛 | xià kǎn | (architecture) doorsill |
| 槛车 | jiàn chē | cart with cage, used to escort prisoner |
| 门槛 | mén kǎn | doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) |
| 云窗雾槛 | yún chuāng wù kǎn | cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in … |
| 槛花笼鹤 | jiàn huā lóng hè | a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner |
| 笼鸟槛猿 | lóng niǎo jiàn yuán | bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner |
| 笼槛 | lóng jiàn | cage (for animals) |
| 阑槛 | lán jiàn | railing; fence; banisters |
| 阑槛 | lán kǎn | see 闌檻|阑槛[lan2 jian4] |
| 轩槛 | xuān jiàn | railings of a balcony |
| 雕楹碧槛 | diāo yíng bì kǎn | carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment |