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Translingual
Han character
閹 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓大中山 (ANKLU), four-corner 77716, composition ⿵門奄)
- castrate
- eunuch
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1337, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41372
- Dae Jaweon: page 1842, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 9
- Unihan data for U+95B9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 庵
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*qoːm, *qoːb
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| 鵪
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*qoːm
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| 菴
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*qoːm, *qrom
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| 馣
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*qoːm
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| 晻
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*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
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| 唵
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*qoːmʔ
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| 黤
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*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
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| 埯
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*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
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| 淹
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*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
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| 閹
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*qrom, *qromʔ
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| 崦
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*qrom
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| 醃
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*qrom, *qom
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| 掩
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*qromʔ
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| 奄
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*qromʔ
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| 罨
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*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
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| 裺
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*qromʔ, *qoms
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| 俺
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*qromʔ, *qoms
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| 腌
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*qom, *qrob, *qob
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| 殗
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*qob
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| 餣
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*qob
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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閹
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閹
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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14339
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14346
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Phonetic
component
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奄
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奄
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Rime
group
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談
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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淹
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奄
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Old
Chinese
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/*qrom/
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/*qromʔ/
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Definitions
閹
- to castrate; to spay
- castrated person; eunuch
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
劁 (“to geld; to castrate (a pig)”)
Dialectal synonyms of
騸 (“to geld (a horse)”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
閹
(Hyōgai kanji)
- eunuch
Readings
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Compounds
Korean
Hanja
閹 (eum 엄 (eom))
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Vietnamese
Han character
閹: Hán Việt readings: yêm[1]
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References