闍

See also: 阇

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

← 闌
[U+95CC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

闎 →
[U+95CE]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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 edit

𡄢

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: 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 edit

trad.		闍
simp.		阇

Glyph origin edit

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／形声, OC *djaː, *taː) : semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou¹
  - Yale: dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tu, dzyae

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
Baxter	tu	dzyae
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 edit

闍

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

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: se⁴, ze¹
  - Yale: sèh, jē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴, dze¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴, zé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹/, /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzyae

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
Baxter	dzyae
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 edit

闍

Used in transcription, especially from Sanskrit.

Compounds edit

References edit

“闍”, 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 edit

Kanji edit

闍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

watchtower
used as a phonetic reading

Readings edit

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

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

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