閫

See also: 阃

閫 U+95AB, 閫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95AB ← 閪 [U+95AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 閬 → [U+95AC]

Translingual

Han character

閫 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日弓田木 (ANWD), four-corner 7760₀, composition ⿵門困)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1335, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41329
• Dae Jaweon: page 1841, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4300, character 4
• Unihan data for U+95AB

Chinese

trad.		閫
simp.		阃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (困) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
硱	*kʰɯŋ, *kʰuːnʔ
梱	*ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ
捆	*kʰuːnʔ
綑	*kʰuːnʔ
閫	*kʰuːnʔ
悃	*kʰuːnʔ
稛	*kʰuːnʔ
裍	*kʰuːnʔ
齫	*kʰuːnʔ
困	*kʰuːns
涃	*kʰuːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔn (kun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun³
    • Yale: kwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koen
    • Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan²
    • Yale: kwán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwonX

Rime
Character	閫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦本切
Baxter	khwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuənX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuonX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwənX/
Li Rong	/kʰuənX/
Wang Li	/kʰuənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閫
Reading #	1/1
No.	7547
Phonetic component	困
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閫
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːnʔ/

Definitions

閫

1. (literary) threshold; doorsill; doorstep
   1. (literary, specifically) threshold of the outer wall of a city
2. (literary) women's quarters
3. (literary) women
4. (literary, honorific) wife

Synonyms

• (threshold):

• 戶填／户填 (Hokkien)
• 戶限／户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
• 戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
• 柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
• 梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
• 榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
• 檻／槛 (kǎn)
• 轔／辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
• 門地伏／门地伏 (mon³ i⁵ fuuk⁴) (Taishanese)
• 門墊／门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
• 門岸／门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 門檻／门槛 (ménkǎn)
• 門限／门限 (ménxiàn)
• 門階／门阶 (ménjiē)
• 閾／阈 (yù) (literary)
• 限 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)

 

Japanese

Kanji

閫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: こん (kon)
• Kun: しきみ (shikimi, 閫)

Korean

Hanja

閫 (eum 곤 (gon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

閫: Hán Nôm readings: khổn, khuông

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References

• Nom Foundation