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Translingual
Han character
閟 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日弓心竹 (ANPH), four-corner 77330, composition ⿵門必)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1333, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41283
- Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4293, character 11
- Unihan data for U+959F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 泌
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*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
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| 秘
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*mpriɡs
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| 毖
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*priɡs
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| 閟
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*priɡs
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| 柲
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*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
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| 鉍
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*priɡs, *priɡ
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| 邲
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*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
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| 覕
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*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
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| 咇
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*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
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| 苾
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*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
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| 馝
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*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
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| 飶
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*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
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| 鴓
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*mbliːɡ
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| 鮅
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*pliɡ, *bliɡ
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| 必
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*pliɡ
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| 珌
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*pliɡ
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| 佖
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*bliɡ, *briɡ
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| 駜
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*bliɡ, *briɡ
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| 怭
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*bliɡ
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| 妼
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*bliɡ
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| 宓
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*mriɡ, *mliɡ
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| 樒
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*mriɡ
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| 密
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*mriɡ
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| 蔤
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*mriɡ
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| 滵
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*mriɡ
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| 蜜
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*mliɡ
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| 謐
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*mliɡ
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| 榓
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*mliɡ
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| 淧
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*mliɡ
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| 瑟
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*smriɡ, *smriɡ
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| 璱
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*sriɡ
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| 飋
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*sriɡ
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| 虙
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*blɯɡ
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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閟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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bì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pijH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pri-s/
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| English
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to shut, close
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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閟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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555
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Phonetic
component
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必
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Rime
group
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至
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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祕
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Old
Chinese
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/*priɡs/
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Definitions
閟
- (literary) to shut up; to close; to hide
- (literary) careful; cautious
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
閟
(Hyōgai kanji)
- hide
- keep secret
- hideaway
Readings
Korean
Hanja
閟 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
- close the door
- shut
- hide