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The character 槛 is structured with the wood radical 木 on the left and the component 监 on the right, where 监 primarily functions as a phonetic indicator. Its earliest meanings centered on wooden enclosures such as cages or pens for animals, reflecting the material implied by the wood radical. Over time, the semantic range broadened to include various types of barriers and railings, often made of wood, and later specifically came to denote the threshold of a door, a sense that emphasizes a limiting boundary at an entrance. The dual readings of jiàn and kǎn correspond to these related but distinct meanings of threshold and cage or bar respectively.
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我家的门槛很高。
小心不要被门槛绊倒。
他站在门槛上，望着远方。
动物园的兽槛很坚固。
桥边的石槛雕刻着花纹。
古代的槛车用于运输囚犯。
通过这个考试是我人生的一个门槛。
博物馆展出了古代用于关押猛兽的木槛。