闍

See also: 阇

闍	U+95CD, 闍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95CD

← 闌
[U+95CC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

闎 →
[U+95CE]

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

𡄢

References

KangXi: 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

trad.		闍
simp.		阇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (者) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
觰	rtaːʔ, rtaː
諸	tjaː, tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	tjaːʔ, taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	djaː, taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	taːʔ, tʰaʔ
屠	daː, da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	ta, da
櫫	*ta
褚	taʔ, tʰaʔ
著	taʔ, tas, da, taɡ, *daɡ
箸	tas, das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	tja, djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djaː, *taː) : semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dū (du¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: du
  - Wade–Giles: tu¹
  - Yale: dū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: du
  - Palladius: ду (du)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou¹
  - Yale: dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /tuo/, /d͡ʑia/

Rime
Character	闍	闍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	當孤切	視遮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuo/	/d͡ʑia/
Pan Wuyun	/tuo/	/d͡ʑia/
Shao Rongfen	/to/	/d͡ʑia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɔ/	/d͡ʑia/
Li Rong	/to/	/ʑia/
Wang Li	/tu/	/ʑĭa/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuo/	/ʑi̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dū	ché
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou¹	se⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*djaː/, /*taː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	闍	闍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16965	16969
Phonetic component	者	者
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	闍	都
Old Chinese	/*djaː/	/*taː/

Definitions

闍

(archaic) platform over city gate; barbican
Used in 闍里／阇里.

Compounds

闉闍／𬮱阇

闍臺／阇台

闍里／阇里

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shé (she²)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴, ze¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shé
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shé
  - Wade–Giles: shê²
  - Yale: shé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sher
  - Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: se⁴, ze¹
  - Yale: sèh, jē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴, dze¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴, zé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹/, /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑia/

Rime
Character	闍
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	視遮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑia/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑia/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑia/
Li Rong	/ʑia/
Wang Li	/ʑĭa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ché
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se⁴

Definitions

闍

Used in transcription, especially from Sanskrit.

Compounds

伐闍羅／伐阇罗
安闍那／安阇那
必闍赤／必阇赤
羅闍／罗阇
耆闍／耆阇
耆闍崛山／耆阇崛山
蘭闍／兰阇

闍婆／阇婆 (Shépó)
闍婆婆達／阇婆婆达
闍婆達／阇婆达
闍提花／阇提花
闍梨／阇梨
闍毗／阇毗

闍維／阇维
闍黎／阇黎
阿闍／阿阇
阿闍世／阿阇世
阿闍梨／阿阇梨 (āshélí)
阿闍黎／阿阇黎

References

“闍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

闍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

watchtower
used as a phonetic reading

Readings

Go-on: じゃ (ja); つ (tsu)
Kan-on: しゃ (sha); と (to)
Kun: うてな (utena, 闍)

Korean

Hanja

闍 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

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