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闫 (traditional 閆) is a phono-semantic compound combining the semantic radical 门/門 'door, gate' with the phonetic component 三. Historically it functions almost exclusively as a surname, originating as a variant of the homophonous surname 阎, which shares the same radical. The character carries no independent meanings beyond a family name, making it highly specialized in genealogy and personal identification.
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