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

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1338, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41425
Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 38
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4310, character 5
Unihan data for U+95C8

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
  - Wade–Giles: wei²
  - Yale: wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai⁴
  - Yale: wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: hjw+j

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
Baxter	hjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁴

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

side door of the palace
imperial concubines' residence
one's parents' bedroom
women's quarters
(historical) imperial examination hall or room

Compounds

References

“闈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

闈

(Hyōgai kanji)

gate, door
living quarters

Readings

On (unclassified): い (i)、き (ki)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
Phonetic hangul: [위]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

闈

Wikisource

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