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閼

閼

See also: 阏

Translingual

Han character

閼 (radical 169 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓卜尸卜 (ANYSY), four-corner 77233)

  1. block, obstruct, stop up, conceal

References

  • KangXi: page 1337, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41380
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4306, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+95BC

Chinese

trad. 閼
simp. 阏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (於) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
閼 *qran, *qeːn, *qaːd, *qad
菸 *qeːn, *qas
於 *qaː, *qa
淤 *qa, *qas
箊 *qa
唹 *qa
扵 *qa
瘀 *qas
棜 *qas

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 閼 閼 閼 閼
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 仙 (79) 月 (67) 曷 (63)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) IV Chongniu III III I
Fanqie 烏前切 於乾切 於歇切 烏葛切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔen/ /ʔˠiᴇn/ /ʔɨɐt̚/ /ʔɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔen/ /ʔᵚiɛn/ /ʔiɐt̚/ /ʔɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɛn/ /ʔiæn/ /ʔiɐt̚/ /ʔɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɛn/ /ʔian/ /ʔɨat̚/ /ʔat̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔen/ /ʔjɛn/ /ʔiɐt̚/ /ʔɑt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ien/ /ĭɛn/ /ĭɐt̚/ /ɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔien/ /ʔi̯ɛn/ /ʔɨ̯ɐt̚/ /ʔɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yān yān ye e
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 閼
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 è
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔat ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qˤat/
English repress; cease

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 閼 閼 閼 閼
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 15807 15808 15820 15821
Phonetic
component		 於 於 於 於
Rime
group		 元 元 月 月
Rime
subdivision		 1 2 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 焉 煙 遏 謁
Old
Chinese		 /*qran/ /*qeːn/ /*qaːd/ /*qad/
Notes 閼氏見史記

Definitions

閼

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Compounds

  • 夭閼／夭阏
  • 淤閼／淤阏
  • 閼伯／阏伯
  • 閼塞／阏塞
  • 閼氏／阏氏
  • 閼與／阏与
  • 閼逢／阏逢
  • 雍閼／雍阏

References

Japanese

Kanji

閼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

閼 • ‎(al)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 알 (revised: al, McCune-Reischauer: al, Yale: al)
  • Name (hangeul): 가로막을 알()
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