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U+95A8, 閨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A8

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

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

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.
simp.

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʷeː) : semantic (door) + phonetic (OC *kʷeː, pointed jade tablet) – arched door in the shape of a (guī).

Pronunciation



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

Definitions

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

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: (ke) (ke, historical)くゑ (kwe, ancient)
  • Kan-on: けい (kei)けい (kei, historical)くゑい (kwei, ancient)
  • Kun: ねや (neya, )

Korean

Hanja

(gyu) (hangeul , revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: khuê

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