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Translingual

Han character

(radical 169 +9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日弓木一手 (ANDMQ), four-corner 77506)

  1. side door of the palace
  2. imperial concubines’ residence
  3. one’s parents’ bedroom
  4. women’s quarters
  5. examination hall or room

References

  • KangXi: page 1338, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41425
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 38
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4310, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+95C8

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qral
*qʷɯl
*qʰʷɯl
*qʰʷɯls
*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿 *ɢɯl
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuj/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuəi/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/we̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12818
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯl/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 中闈中闱
  • 入闈入闱
  • 南闈南闱
  • 國家闈場国家闱场
  • 壼闈壼闱
  • 天倫庭闈天伦庭闱
  • 宮闈宫闱 (gōngwéi)
  • 庭闈庭闱
  • 彤闈彤闱
  • 房闈房闱
  • 春闈春闱
  • 棘闈棘闱
  • 瑣闈琐闱
  • 禮闈礼闱
  • 秋闈秋闱
  • 衡闈衡闱
  • 重闈重闱
  • 閫闈阃闱
  • 闈場闱场
  • 闈墨闱墨

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. gate, door
  2. living quarters

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(wi) (hangeul , revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

  1. gate
  2. royal palace
  3. inner room