闓

Translingual

Han character

闓 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日弓山一廿 (ANUMT), four-corner 7710₈, composition ⿵門豈)

Derived characters

• 𭟥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1340, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41451
• Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4313, character 1
• Unihan data for U+95D3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 闓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

Definitions

闓

1. (literary) to open

   • 今欲與漢闓大關，取漢女為妻，歲給遺我糱酒萬石，稷米五千斛，雜繒萬匹，它如故約，則邊不相盜矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今欲与汉闿大关，取汉女为妻，岁给遗我糱酒万石，稷米五千斛，杂缯万匹，它如故约，则边不相盗矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Jīn yù yǔ Hàn kǎi dàguān, qǔ Hàn nǚ wéi qī, suì jǐ wèi wǒ nièjiǔ wàn dàn, jì mǐ wǔ qiān hú, zá zēng wàn pǐ, tā rú gù yuē, zé biān bù xiàng dào yǐ.

     "If you desire to establish a significant relationship with Han, tak Han women as wives, annually provide us with ten thousand stones of rice wine, five thousand bushels of millet, and ten thousand pieces of mixed silk— if these terms are agreed upon, then there will be no thefts along the border."

2. (literary) bright; clear
3. ^† Alternative form of 愷／恺 (kǎi, “peaceful; harmonious”)

Compounds

References

• “闓”, 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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. open
2. peaceful

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)
• Kun: ひらく (hiraku, 闓く)

Korean

Hanja

闓 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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