閽

Refers to points of access or control:

1. Personnel: A gatekeeper or official in charge of admission, typically denoting a role of administrative or courtly authority.

2. Object: The hardware of a gate, specifically the bolt, latch, or threshold mechanism.

Fanqie reading: 呼昆; Tang-period reading: xuən.

Composed of the semantic element 門 (gate) and the phonetic element 昆.

Caution is advised regarding the simplified variant 门 (U+960D). Because 门 is the general simplification for 門, it lacks the specialized nuance of 閽 found in ancient texts. These should not be treated as interchangeable during translation.