闔

See also: 阖, 閤, and 𬮤

闔	U+95D4, 闔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95D4

← 闓
[U+95D3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

闕 →
[U+95D5]

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)

Related characters

阖 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: 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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hé (he²)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p
(Teochew, Peng'im): hab⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hé
  - Wade–Giles: ho²
  - Yale: hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶
  - Yale: hahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p
  - Tâi-lô: ha̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hap
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hab⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ha̍p
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hap̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ɦɑp̚/

Rime
Character	闔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	談 (144)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡臘切
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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːb/

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

(literary) door
Synonym: 扉 (fēi)
(literary) all of; whole of; entire
alt. forms: 閤(hé)
Synonym: 全 (quán)
闔府／阖府 ― héfǔ ― the whole family
(literary) to close; to shut
alt. forms: 閤(hé)
a surname.

Compounds

捭闔／捭阖 (bǎihé)
捭闔縱橫／捭阖纵横 (bǎihézònghéng)
縱橫捭闔／纵横捭阖 (zònghéngbǎihé)
開闔／开阖
閶闔／阊阖 (chānghé)
闔上／阖上

闔國／阖国
闔家／阖家 (héjiā)
闔府／阖府
闔廬／阖庐
闔扇／阖扇
闔眼／阖眼

闔第光臨／阖第光临
闔門／阖门
闔門卻掃／阖门却扫
闔閭／阖闾
顏闔鑿培／颜阖凿培
風雲開闔／风云开阖

Etymology 2

trad.		闔
simp.		阖
alternative forms		㧁

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kha̍h / khah

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha̍h / khah
  - Tâi-lô: kha̍h / khah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qah, qaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaʔ⁴/, /kʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʔ²⁴/, /kʰaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaʔ¹²¹/, /kʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaʔ⁴/, /kʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaʔ⁴/, /kʰaʔ³²/

Note: khah - Quanzhou.

Definitions

闔

(Min Nan) to close, leaving it slightly open
闔門／阖门 [Hokkien] ― kha̍h mn̂g [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― close the door, but leave it slightly open

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04395
“Entry #12689”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

闔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

to close; to shut
whole; entire; all
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

闔国(こうこく) (kōkoku): nationwide; entire country

Korean

Hanja

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

to close; to shut
whole; entire; all

Vietnamese

Han character

闔: Hán Nôm readings: hạp

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References

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