yuè

examine, read

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
門 meaning component

  Meaning component

mén

  

door

兌 sound component

  Sound component

duì

  

exchange

Evolution

閱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
閱 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
閱 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
閱 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
閱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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yuè

examine, inspect, review, read; to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience

Most common words with 閱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

阅读

to read

查阅

to consult

订阅

subscription

to inspect

阅历

to experience

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.7847% of movies

2239th most common character in movies

1489th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

Unicode

U+95B1

Shuowen

“閱,具數於門中也。从門,說省聲。”


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