闔

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See also: 阖, 閤, and 𬮤
闔 U+95D4, 闔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95D4
← 闓
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 闕 →

Translingual

Han character

闔 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日弓土戈廿 (ANGIT), four-corner 77107, composition ⿵門盍)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1340, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41452
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4312, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+95D4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 闔
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (盍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蓋 *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb
盖 *kaːbs
溘 *kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb
搕 *qoːb
嗑 *kaːb, *ɡaːb
榼 *kʰaːb
磕 *kʰaːb, *kʰaːd
瞌 *kʰaːb
盍 *ɡaːb
闔 *ɡaːb
篕 *ɡaːb
熆 *ɡaːb
鰪 *qaːb
廅 *qaːb
圔 *qroːb
饁 *ɢrab

Etymology 1

trad. 闔
simp. 阖
alternative forms 閤／合

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 闔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 盍 (144)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡臘切
Baxter hap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɑp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦɑp̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɑp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦap̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɑp̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɑp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣɑp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hé
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hap6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 闔
Reading # 1/1
No. 5081
Phonetic
component 		盍
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		盍
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːb/

Definitions

闔

  1. (literary) door; door leaf
    Synonym: 扉 (fēi)
  2. (literary) all of; whole of; entire
    alt. forms: 閤 (hé)／合 (hé)
    Synonym: 全 (quán)
    闔府／阖府  ―  héfǔ  ―  the whole family
  3. (literary) to close; to shut
    alt. forms: 閤 (hé)／合 (hé)
  4. Alternative form of 盍 (hé, “why not”)
  5. a surname.
Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 闔
simp. 阖
alternative forms 㧁

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Quanzhou:
    • khah - to close;
    • kha̍h - to be detained.

    Definitions

    闔

    1. (Southern Min) to close, leaving it slightly open
      闔門／阖门 [Hokkien]  ―  kha̍h mn̂g [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  close the door, but leave it slightly open
    2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to be detained; to be held up; to get stuck

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    闔

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. to close; to shut
    2. whole; entire; all
    3. Alternative form of 扉 (“door”)

    Readings

    • Go-on: ごう (gō)←がふ (gafu, historical)
    • Kan-on: こう (kō)←かふ (kafu, historical)
    • Kun: とびら (tobira, 闔)

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    闔 • (hap) (hangeul 합, revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)

    1. to close; to shut
    2. whole; entire; all

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    闔: Hán Nôm readings: hạp

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