閫

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See also: 阃

閫	U+95AB, 閫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95AB

CJK Unified Ideographs

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔn (kun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻun³
  - Yale: kwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koen
  - Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kwan²
  - Yale: kwán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khwonX

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	/kʰuən^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuon^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwən^X/
Li Rong	/kʰuən^X/
Wang Li	/kʰuən^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːnʔ/

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

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

Synonyms

(threshold):

地方 (di⁵ fan) (Hengyang Xiang)
戶填 / 户填 (Hokkien)
戶限 / 户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
檻 / 槛 (kǎn)
轔 / 辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
門地伏 / 门地伏 (mon³ i⁵ fuuk⁴) (Taishanese)
門墊 / 门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
門岸 / 门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
門檻 / 门槛 (ménkǎn)
門限 / 门限 (ménxiàn)
門階 / 门阶 (ménjiē)
閾 / 阈 (yù) (literary)
限 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)
面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)

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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