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Kanji Detail for 閻 - "village gate, beautiful"

  • Meaning

    閻 means "village gate, beautiful."

    1. Village gate - The entrance to a hamlet.

    2. Beautiful - Having a fine appearance.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    town

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    village gate; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫[Yan2] in recent years)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    village gate; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A gate in a village. The place where commoners reside. Therefore the common people are called 閭閻.
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