阎
閻Yan2
#2,468 most
frequent character
surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫[Yan2] in recent years)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
阎 takes 门, a two-sided door, as its meaning part, and 臽 xiàn for the sound, a loose match. It first meant a door in an alleyway, which grew to a village gate. The surname sense was borrowed for its sound alone.
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