閥

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See also: 阀
閥 U+95A5, 閥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A5
← 閤
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 閦 →

Translingual

Han character

閥 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓人戈 (ANOI), four-corner 77253, composition ⿵門伐)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1334, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41308
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4297, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+95A5

Chinese

trad. 閥
simp. 阀
2nd round simp. 伐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (伐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
茷 *paːds, *bads, *bad
筏 *paːd, *bad
伐 *bad
閥 *bad
垡 *bad
栰 *bad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bad) : semantic 門 + phonetic 伐 (OC *bad).

Etymology

Meaning "valve" is borrowed from English valve.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 閥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 月 (68)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 房越切
Baxter bjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buat̚/
Li
Rong 		/biuɐt̚/
Wang
Li 		/bĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faat6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 閥
Reading # 1/1
No. 2861
Phonetic
component 		伐
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		伐
Old
Chinese 		/*bad/
Notes 古作伐

Definitions

閥

  1. contribution
  2. family status
  3. powerful and influential group
  4. valve

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

閥

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. powerful and influential group; a clique

Readings

  • Go-on: ぼち (bochi)
  • Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)
  • Kan’yō-on: ばつ (batsu, Jōyō)
  • Kun: いえがら (iegara, 閥)、いさお (isao, 閥)

Korean

Hanja

閥 • (beol) (hangeul 벌, revised beol, McCune–Reischauer pŏl, Yale pel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

閥: Hán Nôm readings: phiệt

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