jiōng

a door bar placed outside a door

Components
户 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

door

door

冋 sound component

  Sound component

jiōng

  

a desert

Evolution

扃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
扃 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
扃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiōng

a door bar placed outside a door; (literary) to shut or bolt a door; door