Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) 19 strokes Page 1341, Entry 07 Pronounced tang. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The appearance of being grand and flourishing. Derived from Gate and Hall, the latter serving as both meaning and sound. Also, pronounced tang. The sound of drums. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Clanging and booming. Annotation: Booming refers to the sound of drums. Also, pronounced chang. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Heavenly gate. The people of Chu refer to the gate as the Heavenly Gate. Originally written as this character. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Yang Xiong: Galloping west through the Heavenly Gate. Annotation: Pronounced the same as chang. Heavenly Gate is the name of a gate.