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 gate  also provides the pronunciation

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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