闈

闈

See also: 闱

闈 U+95C8, 闈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95C8 ← 闇 [U+95C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 闉 → [U+95C9]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

trad.		闈
simp.		闱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
禕	*qral
郼	*qʷɯl
褘	*qʰʷɯl
諱	*qʰʷɯls
媁	*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃	*ɢʷɯl
違	*ɢʷɯl
圍	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋	*ɢʷɯl
闈	*ɢʷɯl
湋	*ɢʷɯl
鍏	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿	*ɢɯl
韙	*ɢʷɯlʔ
煒	*ɢʷɯlʔ
暐	*ɢʷɯlʔ
偉	*ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋	*ɢʷɯlʔ
葦	*ɢʷɯlʔ
椲	*ɢʷɯlʔ
韡	*ɢʷɯlʔ
愇	*ɢʷɯlʔ
緯	*ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴
    • Yale: wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉi/▼

Rime
Character	闈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	雨非切
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	闈
Reading #	1/1
No.	12818
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	幃
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯl/

Definitions

闈

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Compounds

中闈／中闱 入闈／入闱 (rùwéi) 出闈／出闱 北闈／北闱 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 閨闈／闺闱 閫闈／阃闱 闈場／闱场 闈墨／闱墨

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Japanese

Kanji

闈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gate, door
2. living quarters

Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i), き (ki)

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Korean

Hanja

闈 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

1. gate
2. royal palace
3. inner room