閨怨

Chinese

		small arched door; women's apartment; women	blame; complain
trad. (閨怨)		閨	怨
simp. (闺怨)		闺	怨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄩㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueiyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-yüan⁴
    • Yale: gwēi-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueiyuann
    • Palladius: гуйюань (gujjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwej 'jwonH

Rime
Character	閨	怨
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古攜切	於願切
Baxter	kwej	'jwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwei/	/ʔʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷei/	/ʔʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛi/	/ʔiuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛj/	/ʔuanH/
Li Rong	/kuei/	/ʔiuɐnH/
Wang Li	/kiwei/	/ĭwɐnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiwei/	/ʔi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī	yuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai1	jyun3

Noun

閨怨

1. (literary, of a woman) boudoir repining; lonesome and resentful feeling when a husband is not around

Japanese

Kanji in this term
閨	怨
けい Hyōgai	えん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーえん [kèééń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

閨(けい)怨(えん) • (keien) ^{←けいゑん (keiwen)?}

1. the lonesome feeling of a woman who is apart from her husband

Korean

Hanja in this term
閨	怨

Noun

閨怨 • (gyuwon) (hangeul 규원)

1. the lonesome and resentful feeling when one's husband is not around
   • 15th century, authorship unknown although traditionally attributed to Heo Nanseolheon, found in name of a gasa poem concerning sadness due to separation from one's husband entitled "Gyuwonga" (Hanja: 閨怨歌; Hangŭl: 규원가) often rendered as "Lament of the Inner Chamber" in English.