jiàn

bar of door

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

wood

建 sound component

  Sound component

jiàn

  

build

Evolution

楗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
楗 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
楗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
楗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
楗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiàn

bar of door, bolt of lock; material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike; (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)