閫

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See also: 阃
閫 U+95AB, 閫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95AB
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 閬 →

Translingual

Han character

閫 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日弓田木 (ANWD), four-corner 77600, composition ⿵門困)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1335, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41329
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1841, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4300, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+95AB

Chinese

trad. 閫
simp. 阃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (困) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
硱 *kʰɯŋ, *kʰuːnʔ
梱 *ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ
捆 *kʰuːnʔ
綑 *kʰuːnʔ
閫 *kʰuːnʔ
悃 *kʰuːnʔ
稛 *kʰuːnʔ
裍 *kʰuːnʔ
齫 *kʰuːnʔ
困 *kʰuːns
涃 *kʰuːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 閫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦本切
Baxter khwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰuənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰuonX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰuənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwənX/
Li
Rong 		/kʰuənX/
Wang
Li 		/kʰuənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kǔn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fan2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 閫
Reading # 1/1
No. 7547
Phonetic
component 		困
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		閫
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰuːnʔ/

Definitions

閫

  1. (literary) threshold; doorsill; doorstep
    1. (literary, specifically) threshold of the outer wall of a city
  2. (literary) women's quarters
  3. (literary) women
  4. (literary, honorific) wife

Synonyms

  • (threshold):

Japanese

Kanji

閫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: こん (kon)
  • Kan-on: こん (kon)
  • Kun: しきみ (shikimi, 閫)

Korean

Hanja

閫 (eum 곤 (gon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

閫: Hán Nôm readings: khổn, khuông

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References

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