阎

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(literary) the gate of a lane

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,760 U+960E

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

门 (semantic, “gate”) + 臽 (phonetic, xiàn)

components: 门臽

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 臽

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 臽 (xiàn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
臽 sound component	xiàn	pit, hole
焰	yàn	flame, blaze; glowing, blazing
掐	qiā	to hold, to choke; to gather in one hand
谄	chǎn	to flatter, to cajole; toady, yes-man
萏	dàn	lotus

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
阎王好见，小鬼难当	Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng	lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to de…
阎罗王	Yán luó wáng	(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
见阎王	jiàn Yán wáng	(coll.) to meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die
阎良区	Yán liáng Qū	Yanliang, a district of Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi
阎锡山	Yán Xī shān	Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
阎老	Yán lǎo	(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
阎罗	Yán luó	(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
阎王	Yán wang	(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person
阎王爷	Yán wáng yé	(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
阎罗殿	Yán luó diàn	Yama's palace
阎良	Yán liáng	see 閻良區\|阎良区[Yan2 liang2 Qu1]
阎王殿	Yán wáng diàn	Yama's palace
阎魔	Yán mó	(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
阎君	Yán jūn	(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell