閨

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See also: 闺
閨 U+95A8, 閨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A8
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 閩 →

Translingual

Han character

閨 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓土土 (ANGG), four-corner 77104, composition ⿵門圭)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1335, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41312
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4294, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+95A8

Chinese

trad. 閨
simp. 闺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
街 *kreː, *kreː
鞋 *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾 *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳 *kreː
鮭 *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯 *ŋreː, *ŋre
崖 *ŋreː, *ŋre
啀 *ŋreː
厓 *ŋreː
捱 *ŋreː
睚 *ŋreːs
娃 *qreː
洼 *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇 *qreː, *qʷraː
胿 *ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎 *qeːns
觟 *ɡʷraːʔ
黊 *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳 *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙 *qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪 *qʷraː
卦 *kʷreːs
挂 *kʷreːs
掛 *kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓 *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃 *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭 *kʷeː
珪 *kʷeː
邽 *kʷeː
閨 *kʷeː
袿 *kʷeː
窐 *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥 *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂 *kʷeːs
筀 *kʷeːs
奎 *kʰʷeː
刲 *kʰʷeː
蝰 *kʰʷeː
楏 *kʰʷeː
睳 *qʰʷeː
畦 *ɡʷeː
眭 *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓 *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬 *kʰʷeʔ
恚 *qʷes
硅 *qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 閨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 齊 (40)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古攜切
Baxter kwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwɛj/
Li
Rong 		/kuei/
Wang
Li 		/kiwei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiwei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 閨
Reading # 1/1
No. 4572
Phonetic
component 		圭
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		圭
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷeː/

Definitions

閨

  1. (literary) small arched gate
  2. boudoir; lady's chamber

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

閨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

閨 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

閨: Hán Nôm readings: khuê

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