槛 kǎn threshold
threshold; door frame
怎么记住“槛”: 木 tree + 监 supervise = threshold. While Grandpa paints the new door made from their old tree, he has to supervise the toddler, who tries to lick the wet threshold and handle.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
槛 = 木 tree + 监 supervise
- 木 tree meaning
- 监 supervise sound
While Grandpa paints the new door made from their old tree, he has to supervise the toddler, who tries to lick the wet threshold and handle.
How it came to be
Wood gives the meaning and the sign for to supervise gives the sound.
用法
- A threshold / doorsill: 门槛 (ménkǎn), which is mostly figurative: an entry barrier or requirement, 提高门槛 (tígāo ménkǎn) to raise the bar.
- 槛 also reads jiàn meaning a railing or animal cage in classical texts.