Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) 閆 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1330, Entry 01 According to the Five Sounds Collective Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun), pronounced yan. Same as the meaning for the character pronounced yan (rising tone), used in common parlance. Furthermore, according to the Correct Character Guide (Zhengzitong), it is a surname. The Discussion of Writing (Shuowen) contains the character pronounced yan (rising tone) but not this character, though modern surname records divide them into two.