閾

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See also: 阈
閾 U+95BE, 閾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95BE
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 閿 →

Translingual

Han character

閾 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓戈口一 (ANIRM), four-corner 77153, composition ⿵門或)

  1. threshold
  2. separated, confined

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1337, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41384
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+95BE

Chinese

trad. 閾
simp. 阈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
幗 *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖 *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂 *kʷɯːɡs
蔮 *kʷɯːɡs
國 *kʷɯːɡ
或 *ɡʷɯːɡ
惑 *ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮 *ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾 *qʰʷrɯɡ
緎 *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢 *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域 *ɢʷrɯɡ
罭 *ɢʷrɯɡ
棫 *ɡʷrɯɡ
琙 *ɡʷrɯɡ
魊 *ɡʷrɯɡ
馘 *kʷrɯːɡ
聝 *kʷrɯːɡ
膕 *kʷrɯːɡ
摑 *kʷrɯːɡ
漍 *kʷrɯːɡ
嘓 *kʷrɯːɡ
蟈 *kʷrɯːɡ
掝 *qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧 *qʷrɯɡ
稶 *qʷɯɡ

Etymology

Related to 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ, “country, nation”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 閾
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 職 (135)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 況逼切
Baxter xwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hwɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiuek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwik̚/
Li
Rong 		/xiuək̚/
Wang
Li 		/xĭwək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xi̯wək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 閾
Reading # 1/1
No. 5551
Phonetic
component 		或
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		洫
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰʷrɯɡ/

Definitions

閾

  1. (literary) threshold; doorsill; doorstep; doorway
  2. (literary) limits; confines; boundary

Synonyms

  • (threshold):

References

Japanese

Kanji

閾

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. threshold

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
閾
いき
Hyōgai
goon

From Middle Chinese 閾 (MC xwik). Compare modern Cantonese 閾／阈 (wik6, /wɪk̚²/).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

閾(いき) • (iki) ←ゐき (wiki)?

  1. threshold

Affix

閾(いき) • (iki) ←ゐき (wiki)?

  1. threshold
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
閾
しきい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see the following entry.
【敷居しきい】
threshold, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
(This term, 閾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
閾
しきみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see the following entry: しきみ

(The following entry is uncreated: しきみ.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

閾 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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