閣

See also: 阁 and 閤

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TranslingualEdit

trad.		閣
simp.		阁

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːɡ): 門 ‎(“gate”) + 各.

Han characterEdit

閣 (radical 169 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹水口 (ANHER), four-corner 7760₄)

DescendantsEdit

• 阁

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1334, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41300
• Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4298, character 2
• Unihan data for U+95A3

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ChineseEdit

trad.		閣
simp.		阁

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé (ge²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³
• Min Nan (POJ): koh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ko²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³
    • Yale: gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh
    • Tâi-lô: koh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤʔ³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɑk̚/▼

Rime
Character	閣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古落切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kak̚/
Li Rong	/kɑk̚/
Wang Li	/kɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*C.kˤak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	閣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gé
Middle Chinese	‹ kak ›
Old Chinese	/*C.kˤak/
English	shelf, frame
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閣
Reading #	1/1
No.	3883
Phonetic component	各
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	各
Old Chinese	/*klaːɡ/

NounEdit

閣

1. chamber, pavilion
2. cabinet

Etymology 2Edit

Note: This character is used as a substitute for Min Nan koh, which may be etymologically unrelated.

PronunciationEdit

• Min Nan (POJ): koh

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh
    • Tâi-lô: koh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤʔ³²/

AdverbEdit

閣

1. (Min Nan) again

ReferencesEdit

• (Min Nan) “Entry #10940”, 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.
• (Min Nan) “Entry #10941”, 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.

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

閣

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• On: かく (kaku)
• Kun: かんぬき (kannuki), たな (tana), たかどの (takadono)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

閣 • ‎(gak) (hangeul 각, revised gak, McCune-Reischauer kak, Yale kak)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

閣 (các, gác)

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