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阈

閾
yù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 threshold
  2. 2 doorsill
  3. 3 limit (at which an effect begins)

Examples

HSK 5
刺激达到阈值时，人就能感觉到。
Cìjī dádào yù zhí shí, rén jiù néng gǎnjué dào.
When a stimulus reaches the threshold, the person can feel it.
HSK 7-9
阈的本义是门槛。
Yù de běnyì shì ménkǎn.
The original meaning of this character is the doorsill.

Tips

usage
阈 literally meant a doorsill, the raised threshold of a gate. Modern science borrows it for 阈值, the threshold at which a stimulus or effect begins.

Components

radical
门 mén
door; gate
The gate radical 门 frames the meaning: a threshold is the raised sill at the bottom of a doorway, the line you step over.
phonetic
或 huò
or; perhaps
或 supplies the sound, drifted from huò to yù. It is the phonetic element inside the gate, contributing the reading rather than meaning.

Stroke Order

阈 yù