閣

See also: 阁 and 閤

閣 U+95A3, 閣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A3 ← 関 [U+95A2] CJK Unified Ideographs 閤 → [U+95A4]

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

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

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 閣
Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (各) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
髂	kʰraːɡs
路	ɡ·raːɡs
輅	ɡ·raːɡs
賂	ɡ·raːɡs
虂	ɡ·raːɡs
露	ɡ·raːɡs
潞	raːɡs
鷺	raːɡs
璐	raːɡs
簬	raːɡs
簵	ɡ·raːɡs
洛	ɡ·raːɡ
駱	ɡ·raːɡ
絡	ɡ·raːɡ
酪	ɡ·raːɡ
烙	ɡ·raːɡ
雒	ɡ·raːɡ
珞	ɡ·raːɡ
硌	ɡ·raːɡ
袼	ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ
笿	ɡ·raːɡ
鉻	ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
鮥	ɡ·raːɡ
鵅	ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
挌	ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
落	ɡ·raːɡ
各	klaːɡ
胳	klaːɡ
閣	klaːɡ
格	klaːɡ, *kraːɡ
擱	klaːɡ
恪	kʰlaːɡ
愙	kʰaːɡ
貉	ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ
狢	ɡlaːɡ
佫	ɡlaːɡ
略	ɡ·raɡ
茖	kraːɡ
骼	kraːɡ
觡	kraːɡ
蛒	kraːɡ
敋	kraːɡ
客	kʰraːɡ
喀	kʰraːɡ
揢	kʰraːɡ
額	ŋɡraːɡ
峉	ŋɡraːɡ
頟	ŋɡraːɡ
詻	ŋɡraːɡ
垎	ɡraːɡ
楁	ɡraːɡ

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

Etymology 1Edit

trad.		閣
simp.		阁

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé (ge²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kok
• Min Dong (BUC): gó̤k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): koh / kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goh⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): koq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ko²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³
    • Yale: gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok
    • Hakka Romanization System: gog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gog⁵
    • IPA: /kok̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gó̤k
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh / kok
    • Tâi-lô: koh / kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koiq, kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /koʔ³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /koʔ⁵/, /kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /koʔ³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /koʔ³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤʔ³²/, /kɔk̚³²/

Note:

• koh - vernacular;
• kok - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: goh⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koh
  • IPA ^(key): /koʔ²/

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: koq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊʔ⁵⁵/

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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/

DefinitionsEdit

閣

1. chamber; pavilion
2. cabinet

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 閣

• 亭臺樓閣／亭台楼阁
• 仙山瓊閣／仙山琼阁
• 令閣／令阁
• 倒閣／倒阁 (dǎogé)
• 入閣／入阁
• 內閣／内阁 (nèigé)
• 內閣制／内阁制
• 內閣總理／内阁总理
• 凌煙閣／凌烟阁
• 出閣／出阁 (chūgé)
• 出閣之喜／出阁之喜
• 劍閣／剑阁 (Jiàngé)
• 大家閨閣／大家闺阁
• 天一閣／天一阁
• 天祿閣／天禄阁
• 太魯閣／太鲁阁 (Tàilǔgé)
• 延閣／延阁
• 影子內閣／影子内阁
• 投閣／投阁
• 抬閣／抬阁
• 揚雄投閣／扬雄投阁
• 擔閣／担阁
• 文宗閣／文宗阁
• 文津閣／文津阁
• 文淵閣／文渊阁
• 文源閣／文源阁
• 文溯閣／文溯阁
• 文滙閣／文滙阁
• 文瀾閣／文澜阁
• 暖閣／暖阁
• 朱閣／朱阁
• 朱閣青樓／朱阁青楼
• 束之高閣／束之高阁 (shùzhīgāogé)
• 東閣／东阁
• 架閣／架阁

• 椒閣／椒阁
• 樓臺亭閣／楼台亭阁
• 樓閣／楼阁 (lóugé)
• 樓閣亭臺／楼阁亭台
• 殿閣／殿阁
• 汲古閣／汲古阁
• 淳化閣帖／淳化阁帖
• 淳熙閣帖／淳熙阁帖
• 滕王閣／滕王阁 (Téngwánggé)
• 滕王閣序／滕王阁序
• 玉樓金閣／玉楼金阁
• 瓊瑤樓閣／琼瑶楼阁
• 瓊臺玉閣／琼台玉阁
• 瓊閨繡閣／琼闺绣阁
• 畫閣／画阁 (huàgé)
• 畫閣朱樓／画阁朱楼
• 直閣／直阁
• 看守內閣／看守内阁
• 空中樓閣／空中楼阁
• 組閣／组阁 (zǔgé)
• 繡閣／绣阁
• 繡閣長春／绣阁长春
• 置之高閣／置之高阁
• 耽閣／耽阁
• 聯合內閣／联合内阁
• 聯立內閣／联立内阁
• 臺閣／台阁
• 臺閣生風／台阁生风
• 藝閣／艺阁
• 複閣／复阁
• 責任內閣／责任内阁
• 超然內閣／超然内阁
• 過渡內閣／过渡内阁
• 鈴閣／铃阁

• 閉閣思過／闭阁思过
• 閣下／阁下 (géxià)
• 閣不住／阁不住
• 閣主／阁主
• 閣兒／阁儿
• 閣員／阁员
• 閣子／阁子 (gézi)
• 閣揆／阁揆
• 閣楞／阁楞
• 閣樓／阁楼 (gélóu)
• 閣正／阁正
• 閣氣／阁气
• 閣淚／阁泪
• 閣老／阁老
• 閣落／阁落
• 閣議／阁议
• 閣道／阁道
• 閣鈔／阁钞
• 閣閣／阁阁
• 閨閣／闺阁 (guīgé)
• 閨閣之臣／闺阁之臣
• 阿閣／阿阁
• 飛閣／飞阁
• 館閣／馆阁
• 館閣氣／馆阁气
• 館閣體／馆阁体
• 香閨繡閣／香闺绣阁
• 高閣／高阁
• 鳳閣／凤阁
• 鳳閣龍樓／凤阁龙楼
• 麒麟閣／麒麟阁
• 麟閣／麟阁
• 黃閣／黄阁
• 黃閣紫樞／黄阁紫枢

Etymology 2Edit

trad.		閣
simp.		阁
alt. forms		擱／搁 佫 故 復／复 過／过 擱／搁 佫 故 復／复 過／过 更 果 固 各 卻／却 革

PronunciationEdit

• Min Nan (POJ): koh

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh
    • Tâi-lô: koh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /koʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤʔ³²/

DefinitionsEdit

閣

1. (Min Nan) again

CompoundsEdit

• 又閣／又阁
• 猶閣／犹阁
• 閣再／阁再
• 閣娶／阁娶

• 閣嫁／阁嫁
• 閣活／阁活
• 閣說／阁说

• 閣講／阁讲
• 閣較／阁较
• 閣鬥的／阁斗的

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

閣

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. tower
2. tall building
3. palace

ReadingsEdit

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

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

1. chamber
2. pavilion
3. cabinet

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

閣 (các, gác)

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