阆

閬

láng, làng

良 + 门

Definitions

láng used in 閌閬|闶阆[kāng láng]

làng (literary) vast; spacious; (literary) lofty; (literary) tall door; (literary) dry moat outside a city wall

Etymology

A lofty 良 gate 门; 良 also provides the pronunciation

About

阆 is a phono-semantic compound formed by the gate radical 门 enclosing the component 良, which means 'lofty' and also gives the character its pronunciation. The traditional form 閬 uses the unsimplified radical 門. The primary historical meaning is a high, imposing gate or tall doorway, often found in grand architecture. The character can also refer to a dry or empty moat surrounding a city wall, and it frequently appears as a geographical name, most prominently designating the ancient and modern city of Langzhong in the Sichuan basin.