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See also:
U+95BE, 閾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95BE

[U+95BD]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+95BF]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 169, +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓戈口一 (ANIRM), four-corner 77153, composition )

  1. threshold
  2. separated, confined

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1337, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41384
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+95BE

Chinese

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trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

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Etymology

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Related to (OC *kʷɯːɡ, “country, nation”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (135)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter xwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hwɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiuek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwik̚/
Li
Rong
/xiuək̚/
Wang
Li
/xĭwək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯wək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5551
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰʷrɯɡ/

Definitions

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  1. (literary) threshold; doorsill; doorstep; doorway
  2. (literary) limits; confines; boundary

Synonyms

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  • (threshold):
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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. threshold

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
いき
Hyōgai
goon

From Middle Chinese (MC xwik). Compare modern Cantonese (wik6, /wɪk̚²/).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いき) (ikiゐき (wiki)?

  1. threshold

Affix

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(いき) (ikiゐき (wiki)?

  1. threshold
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
しきい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
敷居しきい
[noun] threshold, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
しきみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry: しきみ

(The following entry is uncreated: しきみ.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(yeok) (hangeul , revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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