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Translingual
Han character
闍 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日弓十大日 (ANJKA), four-corner 77604, composition ⿵門者)
- tower over city gate
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1339, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41434
- Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4302, character 11
- Unihan data for U+95CD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 觰
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*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
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| 諸
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*tjaː, *tja
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| 者
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*tjaːʔ
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| 堵
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*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
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| 赭
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*tjaːʔ
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| 撦
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*l̥ʰjaːʔ
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| 扯
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*tʰjaːʔ
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| 闍
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*djaː, *taː
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| 奢
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*hljaː
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| 鍺
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*toːlʔ
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| 都
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*taː
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| 醏
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*taː
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| 覩
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*taːʔ
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| 睹
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*taːʔ
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| 暏
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*taːʔ
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| 賭
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*taːʔ
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| 帾
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*taːʔ
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| 楮
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*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
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| 屠
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*daː, *da
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| 瘏
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*daː
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| 廜
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*daː
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| 鷵
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*daː
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| 緒
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*ljaʔ
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| 豬
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*ta
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| 猪
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*ta
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| 瀦
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*ta
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| 藸
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*ta, *da
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| 櫫
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*ta
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| 褚
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*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
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| 著
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*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
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| 箸
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*tas, *das
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| 儲
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*da
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| 躇
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*da
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| 櫧
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*tja
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| 藷
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*tja, *djas
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| 蠩
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*tja
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| 煮
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*tjaʔ
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| 渚
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*tjaʔ
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| 煑
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*tjaʔ
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| 陼
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*tjaʔ
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| 翥
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*tjas
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| 署
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*djas
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| 薯
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*djas
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| 曙
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*djas
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| 書
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*hlja
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| 暑
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*hjaʔ
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| 鐯
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*taɡ
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| 擆
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*taɡ
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| 櫡
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*taɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djaː, *taː) : semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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闍
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闍
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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16965
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16969
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Phonetic
component
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者
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者
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Rime
group
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魚
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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闍
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都
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Old
Chinese
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/*djaː/
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/*taː/
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Definitions
闍
- (archaic) platform over city gate; barbican
- Used in 闍里.
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
闍
- Used in transcription, especially from Sanskrit.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
闍
(Hyōgai kanji)
- watchtower
- used as a phonetic reading
Readings
Korean
Hanja
闍 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)
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