閤
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Translingual
Han character
閤 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓人一口 (ANOMR), four-corner 77601, composition ⿵門合)
Derived characters
Related characters
- 閣 (Orthodox traditional form of 閤 for the pronunciation gé in mainland China)
- 阁 (Simplified form for the pronunciation gé in mainland China)
- 合 (Simplified form for the pronunciation hé in mainland China)
- 𬮤 (Nonstandard form in simplified Chinese)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1334, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41301
- Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4297, character 7
- Unihan data for U+95A4
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 閤 |
|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kuːb) : semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb).
Etymology 1
| trad. | 閤 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 阁* | |
| nonstandard simp. | 𬮤 | |
Compare 蓋 (OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb, “to cover”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gé
- Wade–Giles: ko2
- Yale: gé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
- Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gap3 / gok3
- Yale: gap / gok
- Cantonese Pinyin: gap8 / gok8
- Guangdong Romanization: geb3 / gog3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐp̚³/, /kɔːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note:
- gap3 - side door, surname;
- gok3 - alt.form of 閣.
- Middle Chinese: kop
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤp/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kuːb/
Definitions
閤
- (literary) side door
- throne room
- (alt. form 閣) chamber; pavilion
- (alt. form 閣) female quarters
- a surname
Compounds
Usage notes
This character is considered a variant form of 閣／阁 (gé) in mainland China which is succeeded by 阁 as its simplified form.
Etymology 2
| trad. | 閤 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 合* | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hé
- Wade–Giles: ho2
- Yale: hé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
- Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hap6
- Yale: hahp
- Cantonese Pinyin: hap9
- Guangdong Romanization: heb6
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐp̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
閤
Compounds
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04386
- “閤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
閤 • (hap) (hangeul 합, revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)
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Vietnamese
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