Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Entry: 闒 Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1339, Entry 15 Pronounced ta. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): A door located above a tower. Composed of the character for gate and the component for heap, which conveys both meaning and sound. Guangyun (Expanded Rhyme Dictionary): A structure situated above a gate tower. Book of Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Xia Guan section, commentary on the Great Marshal commanding the central army with a small drum: The Sima Methods state that the sound of the drum should not exceed the threshold of the gate, and the sound of the small drum should not exceed the threshold of the gate. Commentary: Pronounced ta. Also, Guangyun: One source defines this as a gate within a neighborhood alley. Boya (Broad Refinements): A gate within a neighborhood alley. Also, the name of a foreign country overseas. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): The country of Taifei, where people have human faces and animal bodies with blue-colored skin. Also, pronounced ta. Ta-rong refers to those of low status or base character. History of the Former Han (Qianshan Shu), Biography of Sima Qian: Among the low-status and humble people. Commentary: Low status. Ta-rong means base, mean, and trivial. Also, Biography of Jia Yi: Lowly and incapable people who are nevertheless exalted. Songs of the South (Chu Ci), Nine Sighs: Mingled with the mottled and the base. Commentary: Ta-rong means foolish, dull, and incompetent. Also, pronounced ta. The meaning is the same. Also, pronounced ta. Tang-ta refers to the sound of bells and drums. Originally written as the character for drum followed by the phonetic component ta. Tong refers to the sound of bells and drums.